Watch the intricate installation process as monumental spider sculpture 'Maman' takes her position outside the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. This artwork by Louise Bourgeois stands more than nine metres high and 10 metres wide, and is an ode to the artist’s mother who she described as 'deliberate, clever, patient, soothing...and [as] useful as a spider.’ 'Maman' is presented with the extraordinary exhibition 'Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded th

Louise Bourgeois is best known for her monumental spider sculpture Maman, but her art went far beyond that. From childhood trauma in Paris to groundbreaking sculptures in New York, Bourgeois turned memory, pain, and resilience into some of the most powerful works of modern and contemporary art. She studied math before switching to art, befriended artists like Rothko and Pollock, and didn’t receive major recognition until age 70 with MoMA’s first-ever retrospective for a woman artist. Her story p