Jerry Gorovoy, Louise Bourgeois’s devoted guardian

Jerry Gorovoy spent nearly 30 years as Louise Bourgeois’s assistant, helping protect her, support her work and bring it to wider attention. Sixteen years after the artist’s death, he still visits her New York home almost daily and oversees her legacy through the Easton Foundation.

The 72-year-old first met Bourgeois in 1980, when he was working at a New York gallery; he soon became her close aide and advocate as her reputation grew. The foundation manages her home, archives, loans and image rights, and Gorovoy continues to guide exhibitions, including one at the French National Library. The article also reports that a former partner sued Gorovoy in 2023, alleging sexual assault and rape; his lawyers deny the allegations as fabricated.