Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Over the course of her distinguished career, Yayoi Kusama has developed a practice, which, though it shares affiliations with Surrealism, Minimalism, Pop art, Eccentric Abstraction, the Zero and Nul movements, resists any singular classification. Born in Matsumoto City, Japan in 1929, she studied painting in Kyoto before moving to New York in the late 1950s, and by the mid-1960s had become well known in the avant-garde world for her provocative happenings and exhibitions. Since this time, Kusama's extraordinary artistic endeavours have spanned painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, performance, film, printmaking, installation and environmental art as well as literature, fashion (most notably in her 2012 collaboration with Louis Vuitton) and product design.
An enduring feature of Kusama’s unique art is the intricate lattice of paint that covers the surface of her Infinity Net canvases, the negative spaces between the individual loops of these all-over patterns emerging as delicate polka dots. These motifs have their roots in hallucinations from which she has suffered since childhood, in which the world appears to her to be covered with proliferating forms. Forging a path between abstract expressionism and minimalism, Kusama first showed her white Infinity Nets in New York in the late 1950s to critical acclaim. She continues to develop their possibilities in monochromatic works which are covered with undulating meshes that seem to fluctuate and dissolve as the viewer moves around them.
Another key motif is the pumpkin form, which has achieved an almost mythical status in Kusama’s art since the late 1940s. Coming from a family that made its living cultivating plant seeds, Kusama was familiar with the kabocha squash in the fields that surrounded her childhood home and the pumpkin continues to occupy a special place in her iconography. She has described her images of them as a form of self-portraiture.
From these to Accumulation sculptures, where everyday objects are made uncanny with a covering of soft-sculpture phallic forms or dried macaroni, to monumental outdoor sculptures and installations, such as Narcissus Garden, originating in 1966 when Kusama first participated in the Venice Biennale, and to the entrancing illusions of recent experiential mirrored room installations, Kusama’s work is far-reaching, expansive and immersive. Simultaneously infinitesimal and unlimited in scale, immeasurable yet intimate, it allows the viewer to enter into a fully realised world.
It is with characteristic dynamism that Kusama’s My Eternal Soul series, first began in 2009, has grown far in excess of the hundred works originally conceived by the artist. Distilled within the My Eternal Soul paintings are the themes and obsessions that characterise Kusama’s art, encapsulating a surreal and humorous, as well as instinctual approach to art making. Each new work of the ongoing series abounds with imagery including eyes, faces in profile and other more indeterminate forms recalling cell structures, often in pulsating combinations of colour. Some appear psychedelically primordial, other examples bring to mind ancient landscapes and grand geological patterns. This is Kusama, a pioneer in her command of a variety of media, at her most personal and direct, relying on brush, paint and canvas alone. They reveal an artist overflowing with ideas and undiminished in her desire to depict the apparently contradictory, unpredictable and undepictable, well into her ninth decade.
Yayoi Kusama represented Japan at the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993, and currently lives and works in Tokyo, where the Yayoi Kusama Museum opened in October 2017. Over the past decade there have been museum exhibitions of Kusama’s work touring the world in North America, Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Spain, England, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. In 2016 Kusama was selected as one of TIME Magazine’s World’s 100 Most Influential People. She was also named the world’s most popular artist by various news outlets, based on figures reported by The Art Newspaper for global museum attendance. In 2016, Kusama received the Order of Culture, one of the highest honours bestowed by the Imperial Family. Kusama is the first woman to be honoured with the prestigious medal for drawings and sculptures.
The most significant North American tour of Kusama’s work in nearly two decades began at the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (February–May 2017), travelling to Seattle Art Museum (June–September 2017), The Broad, Los Angeles (October 2017– January 2018), Art Gallery of Ontario (March– May 2018), Cleveland Museum of Art (July–October 2018) and The High Museum of Art, Atlanta (November 2018–February 2019).
Further recent major international touring exhibitions include Infinity Mirrors, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, travelling to; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA (2018); Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow, National Gallery of Singapore (2017); travelling to Queensland Art Gallery - Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2017–2018), and Yayoi Kusama: In Infinity, which travelled from the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, (2015–2016) to Henie Onstad Kunstcenter, Oslo (2016); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2016) and Helsinki Art Museum (2016–2017). Kusama Yayoi: A Dream I Dreamed was first presented at the Daegu Art Musuem, Korea (2013) and travelled subsequently to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (2013–2014); Seoul Arts Centre, Korea (2014); Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (2015); and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung (2015). The widely acclaimed Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Obsession toured from 2013 to 2015 at the South American institutional venues Malba - Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires (2013); Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília (2013– 2014); Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2014); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2014–2015) and Fundación CorpArtes, Santiago (2015). Previously, from 2012 to 2014 the large-scale exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Eternity of Eternal Eternity was staged in museums in Japan including The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Museum of Modern Art, Saitama; Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Matsumoto; Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka; Oita Art Museum, Oita; The Museum of Art, Kochi; Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto; Akita Senshu Museum of Art & A Akita Museum of Modern Art and Matsuzakaya Museum, Nagoya. A touring retrospective of the artist’s work was presented from 2011 to 2012 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Previous significant surveys include Mirrored Years, which travelled from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, and City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand from 2008 - 2009. Yayoi Kusama: Eternity-Modernity was presented at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2004), and The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan (2005).
Forthcoming projects include Kusama's first permanent UK installation for the new Crossrail station at Liverpool Street. Titled Infinite Accumulation, the site-specific work develops the artist's instantly recognisable motif – the polka dot – into a series of flowing, mirrored steel sculptures, each up to 12 metres wide and 10 metres tall. Undulating tubular rods will support a sequence of highly polished spheres, guiding passengers from the public spaces outside the station into the eastern entrance of the Elizabeth line station at Liverpool Street.
In 2021, the New York Botanical Garden will host an exhibition inspired by Kusama’s lifelong engagement with nature and fascination with the natural world. The exhibition will include installations, including her signature mirrored environments, pumpkin and flower sculptures and a participatory installation that will be transformed over the course of the exhibition. Among additional major exhibitions in 2021 is Kusama's first large-scale retrospective in Germany, which takes place at the Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany.
International Programme
Survey: Selected Works
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HYMN OF LIFE, 2016
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INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - MY HEART IS DANCING INTO THE UNIVERSE, 2018
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DOTS OBSESSION [RDLAT], 2018
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FLOWERS THAT SPEAK ALL ABOUT MY HEART GIVEN TO THE SKY, 2018
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All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, 2016
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Where the Lights in My Heart Go, 2016
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Chandelier of Grief, 2016
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Narcissus Garden, 1966-
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Installation View, Victoria Miro, 2016
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FACE OF YOUTH, 2015
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LIGHTS OF THE HEART, 2016
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THE FESTIVAL DAY, 2015
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Infinity Mirrored Room - Filled with the Brilliance of Life, 2011
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Flowers That Bloom Tomorrow (L), 2010
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THE DAYBREAK: THE ARRIVAL OF MORNING, 2010
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Infinity-Nets OPXZHO, 2008
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INFINITY-NETS (QRTWE), white nets on white base, 2007
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HYMN OF LIFE [BOZA], 2005
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The Moment of Regeneration, 2004
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The Earth in Late Summer, 2004
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I'm Here, But Nothing, 2000 -
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Infinity Mirrored Room - Love Forever, 1994
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Exhibition Posted December 1 2020
Tate announces dates for Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms
The focused exhibition (29 March 2021–27 March 2022) will be a rare chance to experience two of the artist’s immersive mirror room installations juxtaposed with photos and footage of early performance works and studio happenings. Tate Modern, London -
Exhibition Posted July 30 2020
A new exhibition opens at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo
THE VISION OF FANTASY THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN IS THIS SPLENDOR (30 July 2020–29 March 2021) features works created over the past ten years. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
Exhibition Posted June 26 2020
Now open – Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden (1966–2020) at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Narcissus Garden dates back to 1966, when Kusama first participated in the 33rd Venice Biennale. It has now been installed in a version adapted to Louisiana's Lake Garden. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art -
News story Posted April 15 2020
A Message From Yayoi Kusama To The Whole World
Today, with the world facing COVID-19, I feel the necessity to address it with this message. -
Exhibition Posted April 3 2020
New York Botanical Garden announces new dates for its Yayoi Kusama exhibition Cosmic Nature
Cosmic Nature, a multisensory presentation of Yayoi Kusama’s profound connection with the natural world, originally planned for 2020, has been rescheduled for spring–fall 2021. In a special message, Kusama said: 'The passion that I and those at The New York Botanical Garden have poured into this exhibition is still burning. Everyone, I hope you will wait.' New York Botanical Garden -
Exhibition Posted March 4 2020
A new exhibition, ZERO IS INFINITY, ZERO and Yayoi Kusama, opens at the Yayoi Kusama Museum
The first group exhibition at the Yayoi Kusama Museum (5 March–31 May 2020) focuses on Kusama's activity in Europe during the 1960s and introduces the work of the artist network ZERO, first initiated by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene in Düsseldorf in 1958. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
Exhibition Posted January 7 2020
Coming soon – One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection
The exhibition (4 April–2 September 2020) celebrates the Hirshhorn’s landmark acquisition of two of Yayoi Kusama’s iconic Infinity Mirror Rooms. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC -
News Posted January 6 2020
Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love at Ackland Art Museum
The exhibition (31 January–12 April 2020) presents the distinguished collection of James Keith Brown ’84 and Eric Diefenbach, with a focus on Kusama's early works on paper, a range of Infinity Net paintings, examples of her sculpture and multi-media work, and a tabletop mirror box. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC -
Exhibition Posted December 16 2019
Yayoi Kusama’s Where the Lights in My Heart Go goes on view at Aspen Art Museum
On view 20 December 2019–10 May 2020, Where the Lights in My Heart Go, 2016, creates the illusion of a continuously expanding universe, toying with our sense of visual perception. Aspen, Colorado -
Exhibition Posted December 9 2019
Yayoi Kusama: Fireflies on the Water at Toledo Museum of Art
This special presentation of Kusama's installation (14 December 2019–26 April 2020) is made possible through a generous loan from the Whitney Museum of Art. Toledo, Ohio -
Exhibition Posted November 28 2019
Gropius Bau announces a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition as part of its 2020 programme
The artist's first large-scale retrospective in Germany takes place 4 September 2020–17 January 2021 and will subsequently be on view at the Museum Ludwig and Fondation Beyeler. Gropius Bau, Berlin -
Exhibition Posted November 26 2019
Rubell Museum’s inaugural installation for its new campus features major work by Yayoi Kusama
Opening 4 December 2019, with immersive installations by Yayoi Kusama including Where the Lights in My Heart Go, 2016. Rubell Museum, Miami, Florida -
Exhibition Posted October 14 2019
A major public work by Yayoi Kusama conceived for Place Vendôme, Paris
We are delighted to co-present with Ota Fine Arts and David Zwirner a major public work by Yayoi Kusama conceived for Place Vendôme, Paris, as part of FIAC Hors les Murs, 2019. Place Vendôme, Paris -
Exhibition Posted October 11 2019
ICA Miami presents Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins
ICA Miami presents a special off-site exhibition (12 October 2019–31 January 2020) of Yayoi Kusama’s All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins in the Miami Design District, marking the first time that one of Kusama’s signature Infinity Mirror Rooms will be on view in Miami. ICA Miami -
Exhibition Posted October 10 2019
Now open at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo – Spirits of Aggregation
An exhibition (10 October 2019–31 January 2020) of works from Kusama's Accumulation or Aggreggation series, first created in the early 1960s, presented with associated documents and photographs. Also on show is the installation Dots Obsession and works from Kusama's ongoing My Eternal Soul series. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
Preview Posted October 8 2019
Yayoi Kusama features on the cover of Numéro Magazine ahead of her major public work for Place Vendôme
Out on 11 October 2019, Numéro's art issue features a 16-page profile of the artist who will take over Place Vendôme during FIAC. Hettie Judah, Numero Magazine -
Exhibition Posted August 30 2019
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – My Heart is Dancing into the Universe goes on permanent display at Crystal Bridges Museum
Previewing from 31 August 2019 and on view to the public from 2 October 2019, Infinity Mirrored Room – My Heart is Dancing into the Universe conveys the illusion of being unmoored in endless space. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas -
Exhibition Posted May 26 2019
Shine of Life by Yayoi Kusama is unveiled at Kistefos-Museet, Norway
The largest sculpture by Kusama in the Nordic countries has been unveiled at Kistefos sculpture park and museum. Kistefos-Museet, Norway -
Exhibition Posted April 4 2019
An exhibition focusing on Yayoi Kusama’s iconic Infinity Nets opens at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo
HERE, ANOTHER NIGHT COMES FROM TRILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY: Eternal Infinity (4 April–31 August 2019) consists of early pieces from the Infinity Nets series, as well as photographs and documents related to the series’ production. The Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
Commission Posted January 10 2019
Conrad Shawcross, Chantal Joffe and Yayoi Kusama create window installations for Selfridges in celebration of their forthcoming Crossrail commissions
As a foretaste of their Crossrail commissions for the new Elizabeth Line, participating artists have been invited to create windows for Selfridges in Oxford Street, on view until 29 March 2019. Selfridges, London -
Exhibition Posted November 18 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
The major touring exhibition travels to Atlanta (18 November 2018–17 February 2019). The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA -
Picture story Posted October 26 2018
Anatomy of an Artwork: Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin, 2018
'Kusama has said she likes pumpkins for their “human-like” form and humour. Her fixation on repetition and infinity, however, has a darker side: a kind of obliteration, where you lose yourself in the vastness of her singular universe…' The Guardian Skye Sherwin -
Review Posted October 4 2018
Yayoi Kusama’s new exhibition is featured on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row
Jacky Klein reviews THE MOVING MOMENT WHEN I WENT TO THE UNIVERSE. The programme also features an interview with Heather Lenz, director of Kusama – Infinity. Jacky Klein, Front Row -
Exhibition Posted October 4 2018
The exhibition – I Want You to Look at My Prospects for the Future: Plants and I – goes on view at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo
The exhibition (4 October 2018–28 February 2019) showcases Kusama’s botanical-themed works alongside a selection of self-portraits from across her career. The Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
Gallery Exhibition 3 October - 21 December 2018
Yayoi Kusama
THE MOVING MOMENT WHEN I WENT TO THE UNIVERSE, a major exhibition of new works by Yayoi Kusama, takes place across the Wharf Road galleries and waterside garden. The exhibition... Victoria Miro Gallery I -
Profile Posted October 3 2018
Francesca Gavin writes about Yayoi Kusama in the Financial Times
From painted bronze pumpkins to flower sculptures and a fresh take on her Infinity Mirror Rooms, Yayoi Kusama’s new work brings her kaleidoscopic polka-dot-filled fantasy world to life. Francesca Gavin, The Financial Times -
Picture story Posted October 2 2018
Yayoi Kusama creates a special cover for Harper’s Bazaar Art
The design is available as a limited-edition collectable cover distributed alongside the November issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Harper's Bazaar -
Preview Posted October 1 2018
The Art Newspaper previews Yayoi Kusama’s new exhibition at Victoria Miro
Gareth Harris gets a first look at THE MOVING MOMENT WHEN I WENT TO THE UNIVERSE, which opens to the public by free timed ticket on 3 October 2018. Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper -
Preview Posted October 1 2018
The Evening Standard previews Yayoi Kusama’s new exhibition at Victoria Miro
' …the walls and ceiling of the installation are covered with a reflective surface, giving the lanterns the appearance of continuing on forever for all those who stand in the space.' Ailis Brennan, The Evening Standard -
Exhibition Posted September 28 2018
Yayoi Kusama’s LOVE IS CALLING goes on view as part of Tampa Museum of Art’s Season of Love
On view until 14 February 2019, Infinity Mirrored Room: LOVE IS CALLING, 2013, invites visitors to enter a mirrored room with tentacle-like soft sculptures hanging from the ceiling and positioned on the floor. Tampa Museum, Florida -
Exhibition Posted September 26 2018
Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus Garden is featured in Space Shifters at the Hayward Gallery
This major exhibition (26 September 2018–6 January 2019) brings together sculptures and installations that explore perception and space. Hayward Gallery -
Profile Posted September 23 2018
Read Tim Adams’ Yayoi Kusama cover feature in The Observer New Review
'This autumn sees more new work on display at the Victoria Miro gallery in London – only two years since its last open-all-hours event. The exhibition coincides with the UK release of a film about the artist’s extraordinary life, Kusama: Infinity.' Tim Adams, The Observer -
Exhibition Posted August 24 2018
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – Hymn of Life goes on permanent display as part of Henie Onstad’s 50th anniversary celebrations
A permanent installation (from 23 August 2018) of Yayoi Kusama's 2015 work Infinity Mirrored Room – Hymn of Life at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway -
Exhibition Posted July 7 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Cleveland Museum of Art
Focusing on the evolution of her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, the most significant North American tour of Kusama’s work in nearly two decades continues at The Cleveland Art Museum (7 July–30 September 2018). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio -
Exhibition Posted July 1 2018
Rockaway! 2018: Narcissus Garden by Yayoi Kusama
MoMA PS1 presents Yayoi Kusama’s site-specific installation of Narcissus Garden as the third iteration of Rockaway! (1 July–3 September 2018), a free public art festival presented with Rockaway Artists Alliance, Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, National Park Service, and Bloomberg Philanthropies in the Gateway National Recreation Area at Fort Tilden. Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Tilden, Far Rockaway, New York -
Exhibition Posted May 12 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at Museum MACAN, Jakarta
The first large-scale exhibition (12 May – 9 September 2018) of Yayoi Kusama’s work in Indonesia includes more than 130 works that span almost 70 years. Museum MACAN, Jakarta -
Gallery Exhibition 11 April - 16 June 2018
Surface Work
This international, cross-generational exhibition is a celebration of women artists who have shaped and transformed, and continue to influence and expand, the language and definition of abstract painting. The exhibition... Victoria Miro Mayfair -
News story Posted March 13 2018
Yayoi Kusama to create her first permanent UK installation for the Elizabeth line at Liverpool Street
Kusama will create her first permanent UK installation, titled Infinite Accumulation, for the new Crossrail station at Liverpool Street. -
Exhibition Posted March 3 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at the Art Gallery of Ontario
The major exhibition (3 March – 27 May 2018) continues its North American tour. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto -
Exhibition Posted March 3 2018
Yayoi Kusama: All About My Love at Matsumoto City Museum of Art
Taking place in the artist's hometown of Matsumoto City, this major retrospective (3 March – 22 July 2018) features some 180 works drawn from across Kusama's career. Matsumoto City Museum of Art -
Exhibition Posted December 15 2017
Yayoi Kusama creates a new, large-scale installation for NGV Triennial
Flower Obsession (15 December 2017–15 April 2018) is a recreation of a domestic space in which visitors are invited to apply red flower motifs to the walls, furniture and objects. Melbourne, Australia -
Feature Posted December 15 2017
Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Yayoi Kusama included in Artsy’s 20 Most Influential Artists of 2017
'Artsy’s editors offer up our take on the 20 who continue to have a pervasive, undeniable impact on artistic production and culture at large.' Artsy -
Preview Posted November 23 2017
Wallpaper* visits the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo
'Designed by architectural firm Kume Sekkei, the concept is simple: five white cubes have been stacked and slightly rotated, creating five compact floors, each measuring less than 131 sq m.' Wallpaper* Danielle Demetriou -
Publications November 6 2017
Yayoi Kusama (Revised and Expanded Edition)
Yayoi Kusama (Revised and Expanded Edition)Not currently available -
Exhibition Posted November 4 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at Queensland Art Gallery
The exhibition (4 November 2017 – 11 February 2018) is a focused survey of Kusama's work, taking in key motifs as they have developed since the 1950s. Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia -
News story Posted November 3 2017
The Hirshhorn Gala honours Yayoi Kusama, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Wangechi Mutu and Sarah Sze
The artists were honoured on Monday 6 November 2017 at a gala in New York. Lincoln Center, New York -
Review Posted November 3 2017
Roberta Smith reviews Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life in the New York Times
'Ms. Kusama’s current three-ring circus of exhibitions at David Zwirner’s uptown and downtown spaces — which include 76 works on canvas — argue in favor of greatness.' Roberta Smith, The New York Times -
Publications October 30 2017
Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity
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Exhibition Posted October 21 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Broad, Los Angeles
The exhibition (21 October 2017 – 1 January 2018) will provide visitors with the opportunity to experience six of Kusama’s infinity rooms alongside large-scale installations and key paintings, sculptures and works on paper from the early 1950s to the present. The Broad, Los Angeles -
Preview Posted October 18 2017
The LA Times previews Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Broad
A sneak peek of the major touring exhibition ahead of its opening at The Broad, Los Angeles. Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times -
Preview Posted October 13 2017
Artsy previews the new children’s book Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity
'As a whole, it reflects the brilliant colors and serene poetry of the artist’s work, with an eye to developing art lovers of the future.' Casey Lesser, Artsy -
Exhibition Posted October 9 2017
Yayoi Kusama in Etre Moderne: Le MoMA à Paris at Fondation Louis Vuitton
The exhibition (11 October 2017 – 5 March 2018) showcases some 200 works that trace MoMA's history of collecting. Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris -
Exhibition Posted October 1 2017
Now open: the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo
The Yayoi Kusama Museum opens in Tokyo with the exhibition Creation is a Solitary Pursuit, Love is What Brings You Closer to Art. Tokyo, Japan -
Exhibition Posted October 1 2017
Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins at Dallas Museum of Art
This installation (on display 1 October 2017 – 29 April 2018) is the first mirror pumpkin room created by Kusama since 1991, and the only Infinity Mirror Room of its kind in a North American collection. Dallas Museum of Art, Texas -
Preview Posted September 30 2017
The Guardian visits the Yayoi Kusama Museum ahead of its public opening
'It was, perhaps, only a matter of time before Kusama, whose work has appeared at the Tate Modern, the Pompidou in Paris and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, gave her name to a space she can genuinely call her own.' Justin McCurry, The Guardian -
Preview Posted September 28 2017
The New York Times previews the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo
'Even the restrooms are covered in polka dots.' Motoko Rich, The New York Times -
News story Posted September 26 2017
Reuters visits Yayoi Kusama in her studio ahead of the opening of the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo
'From age five or 10, I’ve been painting, from morning to night. Even now, there isn’t a single day when I‘m not painting.' Elaine Lies, Reuters -
Feature Posted September 25 2017
Artsy reports on ‘The Long, Collaborative Friendship of Yayoi Kusama and Donald Judd’
Judd's friendship with and support of Kusama is recalled in a new show of Kusama’s paintings at the Judd Foundation’s 101 Spring Street space in New York. Alexxa Gotthardt, Artsy Editorial -
Exhibition Posted September 23 2017
Yayoi Kusama at Judd Foundation
Curated by Flavin Judd the exhibition (23 September – 2 December 2017) at 101 Spring Street includes recent and new works from the artist’s ongoing Infinity Net series. Judd Foundation, New York -
News story Posted August 15 2017
The New York Times reports on the announcement of the Yayoi Kusama Museum
"The space will be dedicated to Ms. Kusama’s own work, with two changing exhibitions each year, as well as one floor housing her popular “infinity rooms” and other installations." Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times