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Dorset Museum Exhibition

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

22 March – 25 June 2023

Louise Bourgeois Spider I 1995 ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Lent by the Easton Foundation 2013. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023. Photo © Tate

Explore the work of legendary artist Louise Bourgeois in this first major presentation of her work in Dorset

Dorset Museum presents ARTIST ROOMS: Louise Bourgeois, a touring exhibition celebrating one of the most celebrated and influential figures in modern and contemporary art. Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) created a body of work over eight decades that was endlessly inventive, ranging from monumental installations to figurative sculptures and abstract collages. This exhibition has as its focus a collection of Bourgeois’s sculptures, drawings and prints made in the last twenty years of her life. Highlights at Dorset Museum will include the iconic Spider I 1995, Spirals 2005 and Cell XIV [Portrait] 2000.

Art is not about art. Art is about life, and that sums it up

Louise Bourgeois

ARTIST ROOMS is a touring collection of international modern and contemporary art, presenting the work of individual artists in solo exhibitions. Its national programme reaches audiences across the UK and is developed through local partnerships. ARTIST ROOMS draw from a national collection jointly owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland that includes major bodies of work by international artists. ARTIST ROOMS gives young people the chance to get involved in creative projects, to discover more about art and artists, and learn new skills.

The ARTIST ROOMS programme and collection is managed by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland with the support of Art Fund, Henry Moore Foundation and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Creative Scotland. Its founding collection was established through The d'Offay Donation in 2008 with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments.

Dorset Museum

High West Street
Dorchester, England

Dates

22 March – 25 June 2023

For information on opening times, admission and accessibility visit the Dorset Museum website

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Arts Council England

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