Louise Bourgeois

Unravel: at the Barbican Art Gallery review

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(Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic courtesy of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam) A baby blanket. A football shirt for children. A friend’s shirt, a grandmother’s dress. A shroud. There is something very evocative about fabric; we wear it, we use it to keep warm, to keep us safe; we give it a ritual meaning, we cherish … Read more

National Gallery of Australia puts women’s art in the spotlight

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When Tracey Emin first met Louise Bourgeois, the first thing she noticed was her strong and muscular hands. The second thing was her breasts. “She had gigantic breasts, absolutely gigantic, and so did I,” the British artist wrote for The Evening Standard in 2022. “We were these two women sitting at this table with our … Read more

the revelatory Sydney show of art titan Louise Bourgeois

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In the subterranean depths of the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank gallery, in images projected onto a wall, octogenarian artist Louise Bourgeois peels a tangerine. It is not a snack, but a demonstration of a formative and damaging childhood experience; she starts by sketching the outline of a female figure on the skin with a … Read more