‘The world has lost a truly revolutionary creative force. Yayoi Kusama’s singular artistic vision has transformed the landscape of visual art forever. Kusama was loved by millions of people across the world, and her art will leave a lasting and profound impact on humanity. Her focus, dedication, grace and generosity were unparalleled, and we are immensely proud to have worked with her over the past thirty years.’
– Victoria Miro and Glenn Scott Wright
Publications and institutions around the world have reported on and paid tribute to the life of Yayoi Kusama, among them:
‘Her large outdoor sculptures across the globe – Liverpool Street Station, Beverly Hills, Naoshima – have made the Queen of Polka Dots among the world’s most instantly recognisable, and reliably cheering, artists’ – Jackie Wullschläger
‘Ms. Kusama’s work has tended to be viewed critically through the lens of biography… But that trend has distracted attention from her formal skill and pictorial inventiveness… Her self-aware wit has also been underrecognized.’ – Holland Cotter
Tate
‘Kusama was an immensely important artist to Tate. She was the subject of a major retrospective at Tate Modern in 2012, and more recently her Infinity Mirror Rooms became our most visited show of all time, welcoming almost a million visitors in three years.’
– Karin Hindsbo, Interim Director of Tate
‘Kusama leaves behind a legacy of radical innovation and defiant self-expression.’
‘For seven decades, Kusama dedicated herself to relentlessly pursuing a singular vision and became an era-defining force with global fame.’
‘She had the daring, unruly style of the abstract expressionists and the pared-down aesthetic of the minimalists but her work was distinct from them – more dizzying and psychedelic.’
Centre Pompidou, Paris
‘A visionary artist, Yayoi Kusama left an indelible mark on contemporary art with her unique universe…’
‘For Yayoi Kusama, art was more than a calling – it was a reason to live.’
