The Iconic Spider Returns to Tate Modern! 🕷️✨
📍 Location: Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG (Turbine Hall) 🚇 Transport: Blackfriars Station (5 min walk) Why It’s UNFORGETTABLE: • 9-meter steel spider – Towering over you like a protective (or terrifying?) mother 🕸️ • Hidden marble eggs – 26 fragile orbs in her belly sac 🥚 • 2000 Tate debut – Same spot, same awe, 24 years later 🎂 🕷️ The Story Behind "Maman": • "Spider = my mum" – Bourgeois’ tapestry-mending mother inspired this gentle monster • French childhood – Watching spiders repair webs = lifelong obsession • Feminist icon – Strength + fragility in one breathtaking sculpture 📸 Instagram Moments: • Looking up between legs – #SpiderShadow • Egg sac close-up – #MarbleBabies ⏳ Pro Tips: ✔️ Weekday mornings – Fewer crowds for spine-tingling solitude ✔️ Combine with – Bourgeois’ "Cells" on Level 4 ✔️ Sunset bonus – Spider casts epic shadows at golden hour #TateModern #LouiseBourgeois #MamanSpider #ContemporaryArt #LondonExhibitions #ArtThatMovesYou #MustSee #ExploreLondon #FeministArt #SculptureLovers #IconicArt #EmotionalArt #WeekendArt #FreeExhibition