Louise Bourgeois at The Art Students League of New York

This special "field trip" edition of League Talks takes a closer look at the art and papers of one of our most accomplished and admired alumna: Louise Bourgeois.
Join us as we head to the artist’s foundation, The Easton Foundation, in the heart of Chelsea. Here, we’ll learn about Bourgeois’s first years in New York City, her relationship with The League, and her initial impressions of the fast-paced midcentury art world.
Our conversation with two Bourgeois experts, Maggie Wright and Sewon Kang, includes glimpses of the artist's writings and sketches done while at the League, as well as works from her recent painting retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
THE EASTON FOUNDATION/LOUISE BOURGEOIS ARCHIVE
The Easton Foundation was established by Louise Bourgeois in the 1980s as a non-profit and charitable organization. Upon her death in 2010, at the age of 98, Bourgeois bequeathed her home and an adjacent townhouse to become the Foundation’s center. Serving to promote Bourgeois’s legacy, the Foundation cultivates scholarship on the artist’s life and work while providing deeper understanding of her process and milieu. As part of this mission, the Foundation established the Louise Bourgeois Archive, which is comprised of more than a century’s worth of personal writings, diaries, correspondence, ephemera, and family photographs and offers unique insight to Bourgeois’s various artistic motivations. 
Maggie Wright has worked with this material since 2009 and is now the Foundation’s Executive Director. Sewon Kang, Head Archivist, previously worked on Bourgeois’s catalogue raisonné of prints and books. Please note that the processing of the Louise Bourgeois Archive is ongoing, and the Foundation is open only by appointment.
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[@lisah336]

The best part of the vid was the clear pleasure the curators experienced.

[@shayla4007]

got this on my recommended!! super cool video, love louise bourgeois’ work and this was very informative

[@palmamingozzi5736]

I’ve been curious about this artist and am happy to listen to this documentary.

[@monumentalwomen]

Really informative. Love Bourgeois' work and always happy to learn more. Thanks.

[@claudebregaint]

😇🤩🤩🤩bravooo louise you done so much job and art research work ,thanks god you do not went to the psychiatric hospital .....😂😂😂😂like me ,because you were living in modern city with open mind and brain ready for progressist not like me with incults people ❤

[@tanyaleef5138]

Please use gloves when you touch prints paper works and fragile diaries