yayoi kusama

December 14, 2020

15 Gifts for Yayoi Kusama Fans That They’ll Go Totally Dotty For

Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama is known around the world for her colorful paintings, sculptures, performances, and installations. Although her portfolio boasts a range of mediums, Kusama’s art all has one thing in common—dots! Her colorful, dotty creations are a response to a strange experience she had as a child. When she was sitting in a field of flowers, she started hallucinating that the flower heads created endless seas of dots.

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August 10, 2018

Yayoi Kusama Installation Fills Abandoned Building With 1,500 Mirrored Spheres

It has been 52 years since Yayoi Kusama’s first Narcissus Garden installation in 1966, and the legendary Japanese artist has once again filled an entire space with a multitude of mirrored spheres. The latest version of the iconic series was commissioned for Rockaway!—a public arts festival founded by MoMA PS1’s Director, Klaus Biesenbach, that aims to support the ongoing redevelopment of New York’s Rockaway Peninsula area following Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

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August 30, 2017

10 Cutting-Edge Artists Who Create Inventive 21st Century Art

When you think of the term “cutting-edge,” what comes to mind? Words like “innovative,” “boundary-pushing,” and “risk-taking”? The dictionary defines “cutting-edge” as being in “the leading position in any field” or at the “forefront.” Here, we explore the work of 10 contemporary artists who display these characteristics—and more. These inspiring individuals have the ability to take everyday materials—including books, a bicycle chain, and even rocks—and transform them into works of contemporary art.

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October 12, 2015

New "Infinity" Rooms by Yayoi Kusama Offer Expansive Look at Her Dreamlike Body of Work

For years, we've been enamored with the colorfully dazzling work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Her awe-inspiring installations feature a dizzying amount of dots that engulf the viewer in a fantastical, dreamlike world. Now, she has taken over the south wing of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark with her first comprehensive retrospective exhibition.

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