‘Art is not about art. Art is about life, and that sums it up.’ - Louise Bourgeois was born on Christmas Day 1911 in Paris. 💚 ❤️ At 27, Bourgeois moved to New York City after marrying American art historian Robert Goldwater. She began her career with paintings and drawings in the 1940s and by the 1960s had begun to experiment with wood, plaster, latex and other solid materials to create bold and subversive sculptural forms. In our 2016 film, her friend and assistant of over 30 years Jerry Gorov

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'I want to do the things and express my rage by breaking it' - Louise Bourgeois. Creating (and destroying) art was a form of life-saving therapy for Louise Bourgeois. See the new display 'Artist Rooms: Louise Bourgeois' in the Tate Modern Switch House from Friday. Watch the full film: http://ow.ly/j1zd301huFj | Tate

★★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★★ The Observer ★★★★ The Times Book now to see Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at the Hayward Gallery. It's the first major retrospective of this legendary artist to focus exclusively on her work using fabrics and textiles. Members go free. Until 15 May. | Hayward Gallery