New York artist Louise Bourgeois (born 1911) was one of the most celebrated sculptors in the period following World War II. Although the stylistic evolution of her work defies art historical categorization and her iconography is completely intimate and...

1563-1636 French midwife who was the first woman to write a textbook on midwifery, Observations Diverse sur la Sterilite, Perte de Fruict, Foecundite, Accouchements, et Maladies des Femmes, et Enfants Nouveaux Naiz (Diverse Observations on Sterility,...

Louise Bourgeois (born December 25, 1911) is an artist and...

The Seattle Art Museum's new Olympic Sculpture Park has attracted more than 40,000 visitors in its first week. And plenty of fingerprints.Despite signs asking visitors not to touch the artwork _ greasy hands can leave marks _ the museum's chief conservator, Nicholas Dorman, has had...

Architect Daniel Libeskind has upstaged the Rockies with his new wing of the Denver Art Museum, as jagged as the nearby peaks that inspired it. New condominiums facing the museum sold faster than units with mountain views, something...

“One of the most ambitious … undertakings in the Whitney’s history” is how Adam Weinberg, the museum’s director, describes Picasso and American Art, an exhibition that sets out to examine the “profound impact” Picasso had on painters and sculptors stateside. It had damn well better...

“One of the most ambitious … undertakings in the Whitney’s history” is how Adam Weinberg, the museum’s director, describes Picasso and American Art, an exhibition that sets out to examine the “profound impact” Picasso had on painters and sculptors stateside. It had damn well...