Brixton House opens its doors: ‘If we don’t see people that walk down the streets here, we’re failing’

Gbolahan Obisesan in front of Damilola Odusote’s mural at Brixton House

(Picture: Daniel Hambury/Stella Pictures Ltd)

Looking for Brixton House? You can’t miss it. It’s the place with the big pink staircase.

Opening to the public for the first time this week, the capital’s newest creative hub is ready to welcome people in and show off its colourful surprises. I expect that pink staircase to feature on every Instagram grid in South London; ditto a mural from local artist Damilola Odusote that spreads across the building like ivy. The latter is in dialogue with Dawn Wall, Brian Barnes’s famous Brixton mural which sits just outside the venue’s exterior – creativity sparking creativity, which might sum up everything Brixton House wants to do.