Louise Bourgeois
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 F...
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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 categoriz...
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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 _ gr...
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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...
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“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...
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“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...
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Let’s get the ugly truth out of the way: Galleries are commercial enterprises—in short, they’re stores. Profits may not be the motive for starting a gallery (usually a genuine lov...
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Let’s get the ugly truth out of the way: Galleries are commercial enterprises—in short, they’re stores. Profits may not be the motive for starting a gallery (usually a genuine lov...
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