Iconic Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama Dead at 97
Her company said she died in a Tokyo hospital after a career that made her infinity mirror rooms and pumpkin motifs global draws.
- Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, 97, died in a Tokyo hospital on August 14, her company Yayoi Kusama Inc announced on Thursday.
- Born in Matsumoto in 1929, Kusama began drawing to cope with childhood hallucinations; she moved to New York in 1958 and checked herself into a Tokyo psychiatric hospital in 1977 to pursue art.
- At the 1966 Venice Biennale, she presented Narcissus Garden, a "lake" of 1,500 reflective balls sold for $2, while her breakthrough "Infinity net" paintings included one sold to Frank Stella and Judd for $75.
- Kusama's "infinity mirror room installations, which helped her find a huge audience in the age of the social media selfie: her 2024 show in Australia was the most popular exhibition in the country's history," made her globally recognized.
- Yayoi Kusama Inc stated it will "carry forward Kusama's wishes and, through art, continue to bring hope and strength for the future to people around the world," ensuring her creative legacy endures.
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One of the most important names of contemporary art, Yayoi Kusama died at the age of 97, in 14 of this month, in a hospital in Tokyo, according to a statement released on Thursday (27). The Japanese artist was internationally known to create works with balls, networks and mirrored environments. In Latin America, she had many of her works presented and had the dimension of this phenomenon in exhibitions that were a record public. In Brazil, Kusam…
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