Louise Bourgeois in Florence

The Louise Bourgeois in Florence project celebrates with two exhibitions the figure of Louise Bourgeois (Paris, 1911 - New York, 2010), an absolute protagonist of 20th- and 21st-century art, for the first time in Florence hosted in two prestigious exhibition venues: the Museo Novecento and the Museo degli Innocenti.

The protagonist of a long artistic career (Bourgeois died almost a hundred years old), the artist dealt with a variety of artistic techniques, although her most famous works are sculptures.

Museo Novecento is home to the exceptional exhibition project “Do Not Abandon me”, which occupies almost all the museum space and where the famous sculpture Spider Couple (2003) can be seen, as well as a collection of red gouaches on the theme of motherhood, digital prints on fabric made with British artist Tracey Emin. The theme of motherhood, of the mother-child relationship, gives the exhibition its title and is central to all of Bourgeois' work.

"Cell XVIII (Portrait)" is instead the title of the exhibition hosted at the Museo degli Innocenti, in collaboration with the Istituto degli Innocenti. Here a work of strong visual impact dialogues with the canvases on display at the historic institution in Piazza Santissima Annunziata, dedicated to abandoned childhood.
The work was chosen by Philip Larratt-Smith with Arabella Natalini and Stefania Rispoli.

The two exhibitions will be open from June 22 to October 20, 2024.