The catalogue of the exhibition ¿A CITY BECOMES COLOURFUL. Hamburg Graffifiti History 1980 ¿ 1999¿, which will run from 2 November 2022 until 31 July 2023 at the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, tells the story of the origins of this youth subculture in Hamburg. The curators Oliver Nebel, Frank Petering, Mirko Reisser and Andreas Timm have assembled almost 500 exhibits, including photographs, texts, sketchbooks, spray cans, news papers, magazines, vinyl records and accessories.