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Yayoi Kusama's last show opens without her: Amsterdam unveils new Infinity Mirrored Room in tribute to the artist who died at 97

A major retrospective of Yayoi Kusama's work opens at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. This exhibition serves as a posthumous tribute to the artist who died at ninety-seven. Kusama's seven-decade career is celebrated through diverse artistic mediums and installations. The show features her signature polka dots and immersive mirrored rooms. This exhibition…

The Economic Times

Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum opens a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition after her death last month

Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum is hosting a major exhibition of Yayoi Kusama's work, two weeks after the celebrated Japanese artist's death at 97

The Independent UK

Before the infinity nets, there was ‘The Pacific Ocean’ – what origin stories focusing on Yayoi Kusama’s mental illness miss about her art

Stories of Yayoi Kusama’s life often begin after she moved to New York City from Japan in 1958 and found near-overnight success with her abstract infinity net paintings. These evolved into the infinity rooms and polka-dotted pumpkins that became social media phenomena decades later and the focus of her legacy…

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‘She inspired my proposal’: Readers on Yayoi Kusama

From wedding ceremonies to sunsets with pumpkins, even in urinals, Kusama’s work brought joy, mischief and inspiration to so many

The Guardian - UK

Voices: The three titans of art who shaped my life – and reshaped the world

COMMENT: The deaths of Georg Baselitz, David Hockney and Yayoi Kusama mark the end of an era, says Bianca Jagger. All three were creating masterpieces until the very end

The Independent UK

The Hand-Painted Louis Vuitton Bag That Started Yayoi Kusama's Partnership With Marc Jacobs

Yayoi Kusama's Louis Vuitton partnership traces back to 2006, when she gave Marc Jacobs a hand-painted bag that led to two major collaborations.

Fashion Times

A gallery glow up, spooky sculpture and a magical modern – the week in art

A grand survey of light art illuminates Durham, St Ives gets macabre and London goes big on land art – all in your weekly dispatch

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Artist known for her dazzling polka-dotted paintings and infinity mirror room installations

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‘I fight pain and fear with art’: how Yayoi Kusama blazed a trail for neurodivergent artists

The pioneering Japanese artist talked openly about how her mental health and neurodivergence informed her creativity, paving the way for the likes of Turner prize winner Nnena Kalu

The Guardian - UK

Quote of the day: Yayoi Kusama’s “Just as Bodhidharma spent ten years facing a stone wall...” a life lesson on extraordinary dedication

Quote of the Day: Yayoi Kusama’s reflection on spending a month facing a single pumpkin captures the extraordinary concentration behind her early artistic practice. By comparing her devotion to painting with Bodhidharma’s legendary meditation before a stone wall, Kusama describes a creative process so absorbing that even sleep felt like…

The Economic Times

Yayoi Kusama’s psychedelic art was at its best when taken in high doses

With dots that dizzied the viewer, the giddy sensory overload of seeing the grandest installations of her octopuses and giant pumpkins was hard to resist

The Guardian - UK

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama sold 1,500 mirrored balls for $2 each at Venice in 1966, decades later one of her paintings fetched $10.5 million

In 1966, visitors arriving at the Venice Biennale were confronted by an unusual sight. Spread across the lawn outside the Italian Pavilion were 1,500 shimmering silver spheres, each catching fragments of the surrounding architecture, the sky and anyone who stopped to look.

The Times of India

Quote of the Day by Yayoi Kusama: "I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art"

Yayoi Kusama dies at 97 – her life in her own words.

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Polka dots, infinity rooms and phallic sculptures: Yayoi Kusama’s art in pictures

“She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul.” Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died aged 97.

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Share your tributes and memories of Yayoi Kusama

We would like to hear your tributes and memories of artist Yayoi Kusama – whether you met her, or appreciated her work

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Afternoon Update: Children among Australians missing in Nepal floods; Labor to slash refugee intake; and cyborg cockroaches

At least 165 people have died with hundreds more missing after flood waters surged through valley on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border

International Business Times UK

Who Was Yayoi Kusama? The Artist Behind Polka Dots, Nude Protests and a Letter to Nixon

The Japanese avant-garde artist turned childhood hallucinations into polka-dot paintings, pumpkins and immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms.

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The Independent UK

Avant-garde polka dot artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

She was famous for her spotted pumpkins and infinity room mirrors.

Euronews

Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, famed for her polka dots, dies aged 97

From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced instantly recognisable giant polka-dot artworks and sculptures, and was recognised later on in her life as a global superstar in the art world.

International Business Times UK

Yayoi Kusama Dead at 97: Inside the Trauma and Hallucinations That Inspired Her Famous Polka Dots

Yayoi Kusama, renowned for her polka-dot art, passed away at 97. Her work, rooted in childhood hallucinations and personal trauma, became a global artistic language of colour and emotion

The Economic Times

Yayoi Kusama once sold 1,500 mirrored balls for $2 each at the 1966 Venice Biennale without an official invitation; decades later one of her artworks sold for $10.5 million

Yayoi Kusama: Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose death was reported on August 27, 2026, once sold 1,500 mirrored balls for about $2 each at the 1966 Venice Biennale despite having no official invitation. Decades later, her artworkUntitled (Nets)(1959)sold for $10.5 million in 2022, Reuters reported.

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Japan’s ‘polka dot queen’ Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

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Yayoi Kusama saw dots everywhere: Japanese artist returned from US in 1973, lived voluntarily in a psychiatric hospital from 1977 until her death

Yayoi Kusama life story: Yayoi Kusama, the acclaimed Japanese artist known for her iconic polka dots, pumpkins and Infinity Mirror Rooms, has died at 97. Kusama began experiencing vivid hallucinations as a child, including seeing dots and patterns across her surroundings, experiences that later became a defining influence on her…

The Economic Times

Yayoi Kusama Death Reason: Japanese avant-garde artist known for her iconic polka dots dies at 97, museum says she painted until her final days

Yayoi Kusama, the iconic Japanese artist known for her vibrant polka-dot paintings and immersive installations, has passed away at the remarkable age of ninety-seven. Since her relocation to New York in 1957, she became a pivotal figure in the experimental art movement. Despite challenging circumstances in Japan, Kusama flourished in…

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