Louise Bourgeois events
Events list
Past events
Music
Music program Kali Malone: Playback
Wednesdays 27 March, 3 and 24 April 2024, 7–8pm, 9–10pm
Wednesday 10 April 2024, 6.30–7.30pm, 9–10pmFree with exhibition entry
Performance series
Performance: Night readings Writing and Louise Bourgeois
Wednesdays 7.30pm
10–24 April 2024Workshop/demonstration
Drop-in workshop Along came a spider
Wednesdays 10–24 April 2024
5.30–7.30pmFree, no bookings required
Performance
Performance: Stories from the body #1 With WeiZen Ho
Wednesday 24 April 2024
5.30pmFree, no bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Kids drop-in workshop Symbolic species
Saturday 20 – Sunday 28 April 2024
11am–3.30pmFree, no bookings required
Tour
Curator tour Louise Bourgeois – extended hours
Friday 26 and Saturday 27 April 2024
6pmFree with exhibition entry
Special event series
Symposium Louise Bourgeois: Tides and currents
Sunday 10 – Tuesday 12 March 2024
See listing for timesFree, no bookings required
Lecture series
Learning Curve Louise Bourgeois
Various Fridays and Saturdays, 10.30am
3 November – 9 December 2023Charges apply
Film series
Film series Louise Bourgeois goes to the movies
29 November 2023 – 10 March 2024
Various dates and timesFree, bookings recommended
Workshop/demonstration
Kids drop-in workshop Symbolic species
Saturdays and Sundays
11am – 3.30pm
3–31 December 2023Free, no bookings required
Tour
Curator tour Louise Bourgeois
Wednesdays 7pm
6–13 December 2023Free with exhibition entry
Workshop/demonstration series
Creative writing workshops Poetic responses to Louise Bourgeois
Wednesdays 6pm
3–24 January 2024Free, bookings required
Workshop/demonstration
Drop-in workshop: Beads and webs With Amy Claire Mills
Wednesdays 5–7pm
3–31 January 2024Free, no bookings required
Hive Festival
Kids drop-in workshop: Spider spectacular With Amy Claire Mills
Saturday 13 January 2024
10am – 12pmFree, no bookings required
Performance
Performance: Death rites are life rites With Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, Sarah Barry and Victoria Spence
Sunday 21 January 2024
2pmFree, no bookings required
Performance
Performance Poetic responses to Louise Bourgeois
Wednesday 31 January 2024
7.30pmFree, no bookings required
Access program
Sensory-friendly early entry Louise Bourgeois
Saturday 10 February 2024
9amCharges apply
Tour
Guided tour Louise Bourgeois
Daily 12pm, 2pm, 3.30pm
Wednesdays also 6.30pm
2 January – 26 April 2024Free with exhibition entry
Tour
Mandarin-language guided tour of Louise Bourgeois 普通话导览, Louise Bourgeois特展
Saturdays 10.30am
6 January – 20 April 2024Free with exhibition entry
Tour
Cantonese-language guided tour of Louise Bourgeois 粤语导览, Louise Bourgeois 特展
Saturdays 1pm
20–27 January, 17 February 2024Free with exhibition entry
Workshop/demonstration
Drop-in workshop: Beads and webs By Amy Claire Mills
Wednesday 6 March 2024
5–7pmFree, no bookings required
Tour
Korean-language guided tour of Louise Bourgeois 한국어 가이드 투어
Wednesdays 11.30am
13–27 March, 3–10 April 2024Free with exhibition entry
Tour
Japanese-language guided tour of Louise Bourgeois ルイーズ・ブルジョワ展の日本語ツアー
Sundays 11am
10–21 April 2024Free with exhibition entry
Performance
Poetry and storytelling With Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November 2023
11amFree, no bookings required
Performance
Performance: Stories from the body #1 With WeiZen Ho
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November 2023
11.20amFree, no bookings required
Talk
Panel: ‘Art is a guaranty of sanity’ Julia Gutman, Nell, Wayne Youle and Emily Sullivan on Louise Bourgeois
Sunday 26 November 2023
1pmFree, no bookings required
Talk
Panel: ‘My own voice wakes me up’ Léa Vuong, Philip Larratt-Smith and Justin Paton on Louise Bourgeois
Saturday 25 November 2023
1pmFree, no bookings required
Talk
Talk: ‘Do not abandon me’ Tracey Emin and Wayne Tunnicliffe on Louise Bourgeois
Saturday 25 November 2023
2pmFree, no bookings required
Special event
Exclusive members access Louise Bourgeois
Sunday 26 November 2023
9am