Born in Paris in 1911, Louise Bourgeois grew up against the backdrop of W.W. I. Home life was complicated by her father’s adulteries (he took the family au pair as his mistress), and when Bourgeois was 20, her beloved mother—the inspiration for her renowned spider sculptures—died after long illness. Bourgeois channeled her fears and anxieties into her art, frankly addressing the subjects of family dynamics, sexuality, and mortality. Over the last two decades of her life, Bourgeois incorporated textiles and her own clothes into her work, and made etchings with watercolor and gouache that used words and phrases to evoke old memories. In this exhibition, the sculptures, paintings, and drawings on view read like diary entries, and shed light on the intimacy of her practice. —Elena Clavarino