Tag Archives: Swoon

Celebration of Female Artists

Posted on March 7, 2019 by butterfly

We would like to celebrate our favorite female artists worldwide, who are pushing boundaries in graffiti /street art as well as contemporary art. The list is unlimited so we are sending much love and support to ALL the female artists. Keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Shows, Street, streets | Tagged Aida, aida wilde, Aya Takano, Barbara Kruger, Carrie Reichardt, Chiharu Shiota, Faith47, Hera, Herakut, Lady Aiko, MADC, Maya Hayuk, Miss Van, Natalia Fabia, Olek, Swoon, Tara McPherson, Yayoi Kusama | Leave a comment

MIMA ‘City Lights’ with Swoon

Posted on July 7, 2016 by butterfly

Inaugurating the new Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA) in Brussels, created by Florence and Michel Delaunoit, Alice van den Abeele, and Raphaël Cruyt, four pillars of the New York Street Art scene, MOMO, Swoon, Faile, and Maya Hayuk are showing their unique street … Continue reading →

Posted in Brussels, Shows | Tagged Brussels, butterflyartnews, City Lights, MIMA, Museum, Swoon | Leave a comment

London: Venturing Beyond @ Somerset House

Posted on March 4, 2016 by butterfly

The Somerset House is currently celebrating the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s book Utopia with a large show called UTOPIA 2016: A Year of Imagination and Possibility. As part of this major exhibition, arts organisation A(by)P have … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Shows | Tagged Brad Downey, Eltono, Filippo Minelli, Horfee, Huskmitnavn, Les Freres Ripoulain, Lucas Dillon, Mike Ballard, Misha Hollenbach, Nano4814, Petro, Revok, Russell Maurice, Saeio, Shepard fairey, Sixe Paredes, Somerset House, Swoon | 1 Comment

Berlin: Urban Nation PM/7 – Part 2

Posted on March 22, 2015 by butterfly

In parallel to the windows and facade they decorated with their Persons of Interest (see here) 12 Brooklyn based artists were given carte blanche to decorate the walls of the Urban Nation Haus for a pop up show in Berlin, … Continue reading →

Posted in Berlin, Shows, streets | Tagged Aida Bragstarr, Andreas Englund Icy & Sot, Berlin, Brooklyn Street Art, BSA, Butterfly, Case, Chris Stain, Dain, David Walker, Don Rimx, DotDotDot, El Sol 25, Esteban Del Valle, Gaia, Herakut, Jaime Rojo, MACCLAIM, Mark Rigney, NeverCrew, NohJColey, Onur Dinc, Reka, Schwarzmaler, Specter, Steven P. Harrington, Strøk, Swoon, Urban Nation, Vermibus | Leave a comment

London: Mapping the City – Somerset House

Posted on January 23, 2015 by butterfly

Following the success of the 2014 exhibition Futurismo Ancestral: An Offering to Peru by Sixe Paredes (featured here), the collaborative arts organisation Approved by Pablo is curating a new exhibition entitled ‘Mapping the City‘ at Somerset House in London. Over 50 … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Shows | Tagged 108, 3TTMAN, Approved by Pablo, Aryz, Augustine Kofie, Boris Tellegen, Brad Downey, Caleb Neelon, Cali Thornhill Dewitt, Chu, Cleon Peterson, Cult of RAM:ELL:ZEE, Egs, Ekta, Eltono, Erosie, Filippo Minelli, Gold Peg, Graphic Surgery, Herbert Baglione, Honet, Horfee, Huskmitvan, Isaac Tin Wei Lin, Isauro Huizar, James Jarvis, June, Ken Sortais, Les Freres Ripoulain, London, Malarko, Mapping the City, Martin Tibabuzo, Mathieu Tremblin, Mike Ballard, Momo, Mudwig, Nano184, Nug, OX, Petro, Psychoze, Remed, Ron English, Russel Maurice, Shantell Martin, Shepard fairey, Sixe Parades, Somerset House, Spok, Susumu Mukai, Swoon, Tim Head, Will Sweeney | 1 Comment

Paris: FIAC / (OFF)ICIELLE ART FAIR / STREET ART

Posted on October 23, 2014 by butterfly

Also new this year for the FIAC / (OFF)ICIELLE Art Fair is a Street Art programme, curated by Nicolas Laugero Lasserre. French and international artists have been invited to paint the walls on the wharf of the Cité de la Mode … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Fair, Paris, Street | Tagged Art, butterflyartnews, DMV, Fair, Gris1, Lek, Officielle, Paris, Sowat, street, Swoon | Leave a comment

Streets: Paris Nuit Blanche 2014 – Part 3

Posted on October 6, 2014 by butterfly

For the last instalment of our Nuit Blanche coverage in Paris dedicated to Street Art, Swoon covered the walls of former Massena train station. The installation refers to the Motherhood theme, and her intricate lace paper cut-outs highlight the fragility and … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris, Street | Tagged L'Atlas, Mark Jenkins, Paris Nuit Blanche 2014, Swoon, YZ | 1 Comment

London: Swoon Murmuration

Posted on December 10, 2011 by butterfly

For her first London Solo Show titled ‘Murmuration‘, New-York artist Swoon has spent the past three weeks transforming the gallery space at Black Rat Projects into a three dimensional enchanting world with her intricate coloured paper cuts and collages on wood panels. … Continue reading →

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Swoon on the East River State Park

Posted on June 3, 2010 by butterfly

For its inaugural Williamsburg Waterfront Sculpture Exhibition, the Urban Art Projects invited Brooklyn artists and writers to select eight local sculptors (Ursula Clarke, Rob De Oude, Sarah Fonzi, Yasmin Gur, Nathan Slate Joseph, Howard Kalish and Wu Ming Littlefish … Continue reading →