The myth of feminine hysteria didn’t start in a Victorian sanatorium. Long before Freud heard about it and thought it sounded super legit, ancient Greek doctors imagined the uterus as a restless ...

NEW YORK - One of the most iconic modern art sculptures of the 20th century sold at auction for a record $32.8 million. The May 19 sale of Louise Bourgeois’ "Spider" sculpture is the most expensive ...

Louise Bourgeois sometimes disappears behind her work. She is known best for her spindly spider sculptures, long-legged daddies that thrive in sculpture gardens. One such spider stalks the fountain at ...

On what would be the artist’s 104th birthday, we celebrate the life and work of the enigmatic Frenchwoman Louise Bourgeois. Working across sculpture, printmaking, painting, textiles, and installation, ...

The New Orleans Museum of Art already owns a monumental Spider by famed sculptor Louis Bourgeois. Now, starting September 9, the museum will also present “Louise Bourgeois: Paintings,” the first ...

Louise Bourgeois' recent work challenges the cultural habit of reducing expressions in any medium to the narratives they are purported to convey. How can visual works of art, specifically sculptures ...

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), born in Paris, France, was a French-American artist best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, as well as for her intense and introspective prints and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Louise Bourgeois, an internationally revered artist whose intensely ...