“Brixton Breakers was a rubbish-strewn, rat-infested junkyard in south London, over-run by bikers and drug dealers.” Then artists started working in its run-down Minet Road studios – including Damien Hirst, who made all his formaldehyde pieces there – and “after the artists came the collectors, dragging their Gucci through the mire, and it became a compulsory stop-over on the international collectors’ circuit.” Now Brixton’s the cradle of one of the most exciting new art movements London’s seen in years. – The Guardian