Swoon: The Life of the Work review – from the streets to a life lived
6 July 2026 • Meike Brunkhorst
Swoon’s The Life of the Work looks back at more than a decade of work, tracing Caledonia Curry’s journey from the streets into an expansive practice
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BEYOND THE STREETS LONDON the most comprehensive graffiti & street art exhibition to open in the UK ever.
13 January 2023 • Mark Westall
BEYOND THE STREETS LONDON will open at Saatchi Gallery with over 100 international artists this February. The exhibition supported by… Read More
Swoon talks to Phillip Edward Spradely.
2 September 2022 • Phillip Edward Spradley
Brooklyn-based artist Caledonia ‘Callie’ Curry, famously known as Swoon, is one of the most well-known female Street Artists in the… Read More
Artist Swoon creates gigantic mural on 23-story, terra-cotta and glass tower The Dime
28 May 2020 • Mark Westall
On the fifth floor of The Dime, a 23-story, terra-cotta and glass tower intertwined with the landmarked 1908 Dime Savings Bank in South Williamsburg a monumentally-sized mural – 35’ x 12 ’- by well-known Brooklyn artist Swoon made its debut.
Artists Judy Chicago and Swoon have teamed up with Jane Fonda’s Fire Drill Fridays, Greenpeace USA, NMWA and Serpentine Galleries, to launch #CreateArtforEarth
20 April 2020 • Mark Westall
Artists Judy Chicago and Swoon have teamed up with Jane Fonda and her environmental initiative Fire Drill Fridays, a partnership with Greenpeace USA; the Women, Arts and Social Change initiative of National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C.; and Serpentine Galleries, London. Together they launch #CreateArtforEarth
Over 40 Street Artists celebrate the city @SomersetHouse
19 January 2015 • Mark Westall
Contemporary cartographic art by international street and graffiti artists to be the first exhibition in Somerset House’s recently opened New Wing.
Top 10 Female Street Artists to follow on Instagram
12 September 2014 • Mark Westall
Top 10 Female Street Artists on Instagram
Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories at C.A.V.E. Gallery Venice (LA) Art Opening Friday August 12th
12 August 2011 • Mark Westall
On view August 12th – September 4th Brooklyn Street Art presents Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories in collaboration with Thinkspace, an art show to exhibit at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice (LA), California opening this Friday, August 12th.
Swoon Builds Musical House for New Orleans
31 July 2011 • Mark Westall
Swoon has focused her talented artistic and creative skills on a permanent interactive art installation in New Orleans. The installation… Read More
Moniker presents: Gossip Well Told Private View at Blackall Studios Thursday 21st July 2011
21 July 2011 • Mark Westall
Moniker Presents: Gossip Well Told featuring ARTISTS: Alex Fakso, Ben Eine, Bob and Roberta Smith, Case, Candice Tripp,Cheryl Dunn, Dabs and Myla, Herakut, Joshua Petker, Luke Chueh, Nate Frizzell, Patrick Haines, Swoon
Whisper Gallery & Black Rat Projects URBAN PRINT at Whisper gallery Private View Thursday 14th July 2011
12 July 2011 • Mark Westall
Image:Matt Small Justina 15th July – 13th August 2011 Working together for the first time on a collaborative exhibition, Whisper… Read More
WEST END REBELLION Group Show at Scream Gallery
30 June 2011 • Mark Westall
1st July – 30th July 2011 Scream presents “West End Rebellion”, a group show featuring urban and contemporary artists including;… Read More
Playing Field Group Show at Carmichael Gallery
17 June 2011 • Mark Westall
Image: Work by JR June 18th – August 9th, 2011 Featuring original works from Banksy, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Sixeart, Os… Read More
MOCA Presents the First Comprehensive U.S. Museum Survey Exhibition of Graffiti and Street Art
18 April 2011 • Mark Westall
The exhibition traces the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become today, concentrating on key cities where a unique visual language…….
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape from July 18th 2010
6 July 2010 • Mark Westall
Date Farmers, Me No Sugar, 2008, mixed media and collage on found metal Courtesy of Jonathan LeVine Gallery The Museum… Read More
JEFFREY DEITCH AND TONY GOLDMAN Present THE WYNWOOD WALLS Miami December 3rd
3 December 2009 • Mark Westall
OUTDOOR MURALS BY AIKO,JIM DRAIN,SHEPARD FAIREY,STELIOS FAITAKIS,FUTURA,BARRY MCGEE,NUNCA,OS GEMEOS,NINA,FINOK ARA PETERSON,CLARE ROJAS,KENNY SCHARF,SWOON,DAVID ELLIS,BEN WOLF OPENING THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD 2009,… Read More
RJ Presents The Thousands art Exhibition at The Village Underground
9 November 2009 • Mark Westall
The Thousands, the art exhibition that RJ occasional contributer to FADwebsite is curating and organizing in London this month. An… Read More
Art Books: Untitled: The Beautiful Renaissance
13 September 2009 • Mark Westall
A new book champions the Urban Canvas – where museum quality art can be seen for free A new book… Read More
Ways Of Seeing – An exhibition featuring Swoon, Brian Adam Douglas and Matt Small. Thursday 2nd July – 23rd July 2009
30 June 2009 • Mark Westall
Ways Of Seeing – An exhibition featuring Swoon, Brian Adam Douglas and Matt Small. Thursday 2nd July – 23rd July… Read More
SPANK THE MONKEY at The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art,
22 September 2006 • Mark Westall
SPANK THE MONKEY The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 27th September – 7 January 2007 This show should be incredible… Read More