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Yayoi Kusama: Who was the late Japanese artist known for turning hallucinations into art, polka dots, anti-war protests and provocative performances

Yayoi Kusama, the visionary artist renowned for her distinctive polka dot creations and immersive art experiences, has died at the age of 97. She was celebrated for transforming her lifelong experiences of hallucinations into a powerful form of artistic expression that resonated with audiences worldwide. Her multifaceted career spanned painting,…

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Japan’s Yayoi Kusama, global polka-dot art icon, dies at 97

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese contemporary art icon known for her polka dots, died on August 14 at a hospital in Tokyo, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.

The Times of India

Yayoi Kusama’s most iconic artworks featuring her signature polka dots

Polka dots became the artist’s trademark in her installations across the world

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Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama died at the age of 97 on August 14 in Tokyo, her company said Thursday. The avant-garde artist known as the “polka dot queen” had channelled her hallucinations and traumas into her work over the course of a career spanning several decades.

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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, famous for polka dot motifs and oozy shapes on artwork, dies at 97

Kusama, one of Japan’s most respected contemporary artists, was widely exhibited around the world

The Independent UK

‘The only method I have found that relieved my illness is to keep creating art’: remembering Yayoi Kusama

In the history of the National Gallery of Victoria, their most successful ticketed exhibition did not feature the work of Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet or Pablo Picasso. It was of the veteran Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, who has died aged 97.

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Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97

From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations

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Germany: Yayoi Kusama exhibition breaks attendance record in Cologne

Nearly 470,000 visitors made the exhibition the biggest success in Museum Ludwig's history.

Euronews

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: still wearing stripes? It’s time to join the dots

Once dismissed as frivolous, spots are having the last laugh – popping up on celebs, catwalks and all over the algorithm

The Guardian - UK

Smithsonian museum director to move to Guggenheim: ‘a moment of change’

Melissa Chiu, 54, director of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, led the institution for 12 years

The Guardian - US

German museum celebrates famed Japanese artist Kusama in vast new exhibit

The renowned Museum Ludwig in Germany is celebrating its 50th anniversary by opening a nearly five-month exhibit with more than 300 works of the famed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama

The Independent UK

Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

A breathtaking Yayoi Kusama retrospective in Switzerland, a deep dive into Nigerian modernism at London's Tate Modern, and the neon-dipped dystopia of 'Tron: Ares' hits big screens. Here are this week's cultural highlights.

Euronews

Are these the silliest novelty baubles to put on your 2025 Christmas tree?

Spoiler: Yes, yes they are.

Evening Standard

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo Pair Up For The NGV’s Dreamy 2025 Summer Exhibit

Iconic self-taught fashion designers Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo will be NGV's summer blockbuster exhibit.

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The Guardian - AU

Wonderstruck: an art exhibition that will make even weary adults feel like kids again

With more than 100 works by the likes of Yayoi Kusama and Patricia Piccinini, this free Qagoma show is a bold visual feast of crowd-pleasers

Evening Standard

Giant spiders, suns and sunflower seeds: seven of Tate Modern's most groundbreaking moments

Chief Curator Catherine Wood shares seven of her stand-out moments ahead of Tate Modern’s 25th Birthday Weekender

The Guardian - AU

Yayoi Kusama: why this 96-year-old artist’s show is the most popular in Australian history

By the time the NGV exhibition of works by the Japanese favourite ends, more than half a million people will have seen it

The Guardian - UK

Cyndi Lauper review – a freedom fighter’s swan song

Forty years after her feminist breakout hit, the New York singer bows out of live performance with a show rich in colourful pop and personal anecdotes, while never losing sight of women’s basic rights…

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Titanic talents, fabulous florals and a river of black stone – the week in art

Emii Alrai homes in on Vesuvius, Cézanne and Manet go on display and Yayoi Kusama shows us her green fingers

The Guardian - UK

Art of reinvention: Victoria Beckham teams up with Sotheby’s as curator

High-end designer hosts work by some of biggest names of 20th and 21st century at London fashion store

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Pirates invade Falmouth, camels trek London and Aus goes gaga for Kusama – the week in art

Yayoi lands in Melbourne, the Silk Road runs through the British Museum and corsairs real and fictional dock in Cornwall – all in your weekly dispatch

The Conversation

Everyone will want to see Yayoi Kusama at the NGV. Those who don’t will spend a lifetime regretting it

Now aged 95, Yayoi Kusama for many decades has been considered one of the most influential contemporary artists. She works across a wide range of art forms, including sculpture and installations, painting, graphic arts, fashion, video art, performance and writing.

The Guardian - AU

Yayoi Kusama in Melbourne: Instagram’s favourite artist dazzles in a blockbuster show

The 95-year-old is now one of the most popular artists in the world, for her cheeky pumpkins and infinity rooms – but it is her fascinating early works that make this NGV exhibition great

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Step into an infinite polka dot universe at Kusama show

Yayoi Kusama offers an experience of infinity at her National Gallery of Victoria retrospective, which is the biggest ever show of her work in Australia.

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Boulevard goes dotty for Japan's art superstar

For artist Yayoi Kusama, polka dots represent infinity. For Australia's biggest exhibition of her art, more than 60 trees will be wrapped in her signature dots.

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