Artists on Film

Sculptor Louise Bourgeois, who was best known for the giant spider structures she created in the 1990s, was the first woman who ever earned a major retrospective at the New York Museum of Modern Art. The documentary Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerineshows us why. Filmmakers Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach filmed the profile over 14 years and captured both the public and the private woman.

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Today’s screening is part of the Artists on Film series, which continues next week with Painters Painting: New York Art Scene 1940-1970. 7 p.m. today and tomorrow. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-639-7515 or visit www.mfah.org. $6 to $7.

Feb. 6-7, 7 p.m., 2009