Yayoi Kusama, Iconic 'Infinity Room' Artist, Dies at 97

A mindbending ‘Infinity Room’ by the late pop artist Yayoi Kusama will reopen at the ICA

The ICA acquired the Instagrammable installation in 2019 and plans to show it as part of a museum retrospective in October. Kusama died earlier this month at 97.

Japanese artist behind 'Infinity Mirrored Room' at Crystal Bridges dies at 97

Yayoi Kusama, the artist behind the Infinity Room at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, has died. She was 97.

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97 in Tokyo

TOKYO — Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.

Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist remembered as a visionary and a rebel, dies at 97

Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist whose polka-dot-covered paintings, phallic sculptures and public performances caused a stir in New York City and Europe in the 1960s, and whose mirrored “Infinity Room” installations became selfie sensations and blockbuster museum and gallery attractions in recent decades, died Aug. 14 in Tokyo. She was 97. The post Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist remembered as a visionary and a rebel, dies at 97 appeared first on West H…

In Japan, Yayoi Kusama is remembered as a visionary and a rebel

TOKYO — Yayoi Kusama, the visionary Japanese artist whose death at 97 was announced Thursday, had a complicated relationship with her home country. She endured a traumatic childhood and was later shunned by the Japanese cultural elite for her provocative style. The post In Japan, Yayoi Kusama is remembered as a visionary and a rebel appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

The mirror mind of Yayoi Kusama

Over the course of her seven-decade career, Kusama turned the obsessions of her singular mind into works so distinctive that by the time of her death earlier this month she had cemented her place in the popular imagination as an icon of contemporary art.