Artnet

Louise Bourgeois’s Assistant Knew Her Better Than Most. He Tells Us What Made the Great Sculptor Tick

Jerry Gorovoy spoke to us as the first survey of Bourgeois’s late fabric creations, “The Woven Child”, is on view at the Gropius Bau in Berlin. Jerry Gorovoy ...
Artnet

Louise Bourgeois Joins the Ranks of Classical Masters at Rome’s Galleria Borghese

Like many of the greats of modern art, Louise Bourgeois’s practice is both very much of the 20th century and yet, somehow timeless. Much has been made of how Bourgeois, after emigrating to New York in ...
The New Yorker

Louise Bourgeois’s Final Act

When Joan Acocella profiled Louise Bourgeois in The New Yorker, in early 2002, the artist had just passed her ninetieth birthday, but she was very clearly, as Acocella put it, “not a dear old lady.” ...

Louise Bourgeois Exhibition at the BnF: Drawings, Engravings and Nerves Laid Bare

The BnF Richelieu in Paris presents the exhibition "Louise Bourgeois. Extreme Tension," devoted to the drawings and prints by the Franco-American artist, from October 20, 2026 to February 21, 2027. A ...
The Forward

Don’t reduce Louise Bourgeois’s art to an Oedipus complex

Louise Bourgeois did not trust words; this is what numerous articles and essays about the artist will tell you. That fact is also mentioned at “Louise Bourgeois: Freud’s Daughter,” a new exhibit at ...
W magazine

Louise’s Last Year

Hugely prolific, eternally provocative, and considered by many to be the greatest female artist of the 20th century, Louise Bourgeois died this past May at age 98. During the last year of her life, ...
Hyperallergic

The Print Legacy of Louise Bourgeois Unfolds at MoMA

Louise Bourgeois remains best known for her spider sculptures, cell installations, and uncanny sewn figures, but print- and book-making sustained her practice for decades. Beginning with tightly ...
World Socialist Web Site

Sculptor Louise Bourgeois: A year of events celebrating her life and work

On 25 December the artist Louise Bourgeois celebrated her 97th birthday. During her lifetime Bourgeois has produced a significant body of work in a personal visual language, which, nonetheless, has ...
NPR

Artist Louise Bourgeois Dies At 98

Artist Louise Bourgeois died in New York at the age of 98 Monday. Known primarily as a sculptor, Bourgeois was a leading figure in 20th century art. Her works were provocative and disturbing, but ...
Hyperallergic

Rare, Candid Photos Show Louise Bourgeois in Her Home and Studio

When French photographer Jean-François Jaussaud asked an 84-year-old Louise Bourgeois for permission to photograph her at her New York home and studio, she gave him an intimidating stipulation.
Observer

Let the Perceptive Drawings of Louise Bourgeois Alleviate Your Pandemic Anxiety

Louise Bourgeois described her drawings as 'the treatment of anxiety.' Hauser & Wirth's first online show brings these brilliant sketches into your home right when they're most needed. Louise ...