Laura Gascoigne

Part-gothic horror, part-Acorn Antiques: Louise Bourgeois, at the Hayward Gallery, reviewed

Even the artist's most spectacular constructions smell of must and Little Old Lady Land

The show’s pièce de resistance: ‘Spider’, 1997, by Louise Bourgeois [© The Eastern Foundation/Vaga At Ars, Ny, And Dacs London 2021 Photo: Maximilian Geute] 
issue 19 February 2022
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  • Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child

    Hayward Gallery, until 15 May

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