‘The Life of the Work’ by Swoon at Woodbury House, London

‘The Life of the Work’ by Swoon

‘The Life of the Work’ is a major solo exhibition by Swoon, the American artist Caledonia Curry, and the first major survey of her practice ever presented in the United Kingdom. It is also the artist’s first exhibition with Woodbury House. The exhibition opened on 3rd July and remains on view at our flagship Mayfair gallery through 13th August 2026.

There are artists who make work. And there are artists whose work makes things happen: in communities, in institutions, in the way people understand what art is for. Swoon is the second kind.

For over two decades, she has built one of the most distinctive and humane practices in contemporary art. Her work sits in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum and Tate Modern, among many others, and she is recognised as one of the first women to gain international recognition in street art. Yet until now, no UK gallery has ever staged a survey of her practice at this scale.

This is the exhibition that brings that story to London in full. Thirty-six works, spanning more than a decade of making, presented together in Mayfair. Every one available to acquire.