DEFROST LONDON

ST.ART Gallery launches DEFROST LONDON with the debut of the Gallery Bike, a custom built, fold out exhibition trailer that transforms London’s streets into a moving gallery. Premiering during Frieze Week, the project collapses the boundary between the white cube and the pavement, bringing ambitious works directly to the public.

Across five days, the Gallery Bike will unfold at key city sites with new commissions and site responsive moments by Cem Hasimi x Baris Kareli, Tom Enoch, Mason Newman, Pneuhaus, and Frankie Boyle.

What sets this project apart is its bold approach to bringing art directly to the public. This street-level exhibition meets audiences where they are, beyond the usual VIP and invitation-only spaces, creating an accessible and immersive cultural experience. The program is cross-disciplinary, seamlessly blending painting, interactive performance, light sculpture, inflatable architecture, and guerrilla gallery-making. Each stop transforms the city into a stage, offering live dramaturgy where assembly, display, and encounter become a performance in themselves, engaging communities in dynamic and unexpected ways.

With DEFROST LONDON, ST.ART Gallery sets out to reimagine what a gallery can be – moving beyond fixed spaces and exclusivity to create encounters that meet people in the rhythm of the city. The project is designed to be bold, surprising, and democratic, while giving early-stage artists the kind of visibility that can propel them onto larger platforms. At its core, the mission is to open things up, to keep the art world accessible and relevant, and to spark a movement of guerrilla gallery making, where the Gallery Bike can continue to live on through artist takeovers and future interventions across the city

Calendar of activations 

• 15 October – Cem Hasimi x Baris Kareli – 5pm: Outside Frieze London (Pk Sq W, NW1 4LJ) during the VIP preview. 
• 16 October – Frankie Boyle – 5pm: Outside Somerset House during the 1-54 opening period (Strand Aldwych Pedestrian Zone, WC2R 1ES) 
• 17 October – Mason Newman – West End fashion corridor route focusing on Bond Street and adjacent streets 
• 18 October – Pneuhaus – 1pm: Wellington Arch followed by a ceremonial stop outside Buckingham Palace 
• 19 October – Tom Enoch – 1pm: Granary Square, King’s Cross

Routes and timings may adjust due to permissions and weather, the bike will make several unlisted stops in addition to those above. Live updates will be posted on ST.ART social channels.

Contributors include Sanemi Shetty, Gallery Assistant at ST.ART Gallery who was integral to the execution of this project.