{"id":2114105,"date":"2026-08-27T08:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2114105"},"modified":"2026-08-27T08:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:21:30","slug":"polka-dots-infinity-rooms-and-phallic-sculptures-yayoi-kusamas-art-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2114105","title":{"rendered":"Polka dots, infinity rooms and phallic sculptures: Yayoi Kusama\u2019s art in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1200x675_cmsv2_dc30a5ac-e9c0-5277-857f-080b3340a192-9890754.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920449-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920449\" data-cid=\"9888236\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920449-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspDavid Mouriquand\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1787818890\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-08-27 10:21:30 +02:00\">27\/08\/2026 &#8211; 10:21 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     <time datetime=\"10:26\">10:26<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay js-c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div 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her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul.\u201d Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died aged 97.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--culture js-article-content\">\n<p>Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist who became a global superstar later on in life, has <strong>died aged 97<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced instantly recognisable giant polka dot artworks, vast psychedelic installations and mirrored infinity rooms which delighted art fans from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry,\u201d a statement announcing her death read. \u201cShe continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will carry forward Kusama\u2019s wishes and, through art, continue to bring hope and strength for the future to people around the world.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.586\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x749_cmsv2_d92d81c8-f205-5c8d-ab3d-0226b432b5b0-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"Yayoi Kusama poses for photographers in front of her painting &quot;Love Arrives at the Earth Carrying with it a Tale of the Cosmos&quot; at the Tate Modern in London - 2012\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yayoi Kusama poses for photographers in front of her painting &#8220;Love Arrives at the Earth Carrying with it a Tale of the Cosmos&#8221; at the Tate Modern in London &#8211; 2012<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, Kusama had an unhappy childhood and began experiencing hallucinations \u2013 something which she channelled into her art.<\/p>\n<p>Rejecting her conservative upbringing and planned future of an arranged marriage, Kusama left Japan for New York in 1958. There, the masculine-dominated art scene was shaken up by Kusama\u2019s \u201cinfinity net\u201d paintings and phallic sculptures. She inspired countless artists, including Andy Warhol, and was frustrated at how her ideas were copied by various male artists who enjoyed more privileges than she did when it came to gallery exhibitions.<\/p>\n<p>She returned to Japan and voluntarily entered a psychiatric facility in 1977, where she would live and work for the remainder of her life. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.78\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x1000_cmsv2_7648edd6-47a5-5039-a2fd-4bbf806c3561-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"Yayoi Kusama in front of the windows of Vuitton&apos;s flagship store for a new collaborative collection by Vuitton creative designer Marc Jacobs and Kusama in New York - 2012\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yayoi Kusama in front of the windows of Vuitton&#8217;s flagship store for a new collaborative collection by Vuitton creative designer Marc Jacobs and Kusama in New York &#8211; 2012<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Throughout her life, she staged \u201cbody festivals\u201d and happenings, created \u201csoft sculptures\u201d, and developed a flair for anti-establishment artistic statements which courted controversy. <\/p>\n<p>She once wrote to US president Richard Nixon offering to sleep with him in exchange for an end to the Vietnam war; presented her Narcissus Garden at the 1966 Venice Biennale and sold the reflective balls from the piece under a banner \u201cYour narcissism for sale\u201d; staged New York\u2019s first homosexual wedding in 1968; and washed a \u201cdirty\u201d Soviet flag outside the UN building.<\/p>\n<p>After having been mostly overlooked for decades, Kusama found and enjoyed fame later on in life. Her work appeared in major museums around the world and she even signed on with fashion and luxury brands like Louis Vuitton. She began setting records for living female artists at auctions and was awarded the Order of Culture &#8211; the most prestigious award Japan gives its artists \u2013 in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>Here are pictures of some of her most famous works and recent exhibitions:<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6205\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x795_cmsv2_3bec1d6e-3ad5-5901-b89f-970fd03014f6-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Venus No.1, Statue of Venus, Obliterated by Infinity Nets&quot; created by Japan&apos;s artist Yayoi Kusama -Hong Kong - 2009\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">&#8220;Venus No.1, Statue of Venus, Obliterated by Infinity Nets&#8221; created by Japan&#8217;s artist Yayoi Kusama -Hong Kong &#8211; 2009<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6285\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x805_cmsv2_f6d21180-3847-50bb-9498-09853cce3e48-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"Yayoi Kusama in front of her painting &apos;Love Arrives at the Earth Carrying with it a Tale of the Cosmos&apos;, Tate Modern, London - 2012\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yayoi Kusama in front of her painting &#8216;Love Arrives at the Earth Carrying with it a Tale of the Cosmos&#8217;, Tate Modern, London &#8211; 2012<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.687\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x877_cmsv2_af90a443-64b5-56ff-b07b-da1b0dae360f-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"&quot; Pumpkin &quot; by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama - Hong Kong - 2012\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">&#8221; Pumpkin &#8221; by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama &#8211; Hong Kong &#8211; 2012<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x853_cmsv2_a42c8cee-b419-510c-ad15-23c6d21bebcc-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Guidepost to the New Space&quot; - New York - 2012\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">&#8220;Guidepost to the New Space&#8221; &#8211; New York &#8211; 2012<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x853_cmsv2_7f19ba55-fc84-55ac-ab6c-06befc1e0fa3-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"Yayoi Kusama - 2012\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yayoi Kusama &#8211; 2012<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6595\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x842_cmsv2_8e9eda0a-a1e0-5339-b6d5-fd148ae98265-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Vuitton&apos;s flagship Fifth Avneue store in New York - 2012\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Louis Vuitton&#8217;s flagship Fifth Avneue store in New York &#8211; 2012<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x853_cmsv2_211be58f-2155-5c12-80a4-58d9eea6520c-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"Yayoi Kusama&apos;s pumpkin sculpture at the New York Botanical Garden - 2021\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yayoi Kusama&#8217;s pumpkin sculpture at the New York Botanical Garden &#8211; 2021<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x853_cmsv2_fcaa85fd-1337-5b7e-a4ef-bf22bf8cded7-9890754.jpg\" alt=\" &quot;Infinite Obsession&quot; - Argentina - 2013\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\"> &#8220;Infinite Obsession&#8221; &#8211; Argentina &#8211; 2013<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x853_cmsv2_111d9a1f-81dd-5133-bc32-a07b0056bcd0-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Infinite Obsession&quot; exhibit at the Rufino Tamayo Museum in Mexico City, Mexico - 2014\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">&#8220;Infinite Obsession&#8221; exhibit at the Rufino Tamayo Museum in Mexico City, Mexico &#8211; 2014<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6945\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x889_cmsv2_f6487a43-2a27-5271-975e-4b5166befa5a-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life,&quot; at the David Zwirner gallery in the Chelsea section of New York - 2017\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">&#8220;Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life,&#8221; at the David Zwirner gallery in the Chelsea section of New York &#8211; 2017<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5805\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x744_cmsv2_aee5b962-bd97-54d4-8035-498fcb99bf2e-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"&apos;With All My Love For The Tulips, I Pray Forever&apos; by artist Yayoi Kusama - Berlin - 2019\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">&#8216;With All My Love For The Tulips, I Pray Forever&#8217; by artist Yayoi Kusama &#8211; Berlin &#8211; 2019<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x853_cmsv2_eba3a1f9-e35c-59e9-b860-9e11f6ecedff-9890754.jpg\" alt=\" &apos;A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe&apos; by Yayoi Kusama - Berlin - 2021\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\"> &#8216;A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe&#8217; by Yayoi Kusama &#8211; Berlin &#8211; 2021<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.661\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x853_cmsv2_08d73eac-a582-5d76-a0d7-3659999bc56e-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"&apos;The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended into the Heavens&apos; by Yayoi Kusama - Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel - 2021\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">&#8216;The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended into the Heavens&#8217; by Yayoi Kusama &#8211; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel &#8211; 2021<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" 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src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/07\/54\/1280x853_cmsv2_7c6a1dbd-cb1f-5e5d-8dd6-9ee91023ebe7-9890754.jpg\" alt=\"Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin - 2022\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin &#8211; 2022<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\"> \u00a9YAYOI KUSAMA Photo: Tadasu Yamamoto (Graphic: Benesse Art Site Naoshima) via AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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instantly recognisable giant polka dot artworks, vast psychedelic installations and mirrored infinity rooms which delighted art fans from around the world.\u201cThroughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry,\u201d a\u00a0statement announcing her death read. \u201cShe continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe will carry forward Kusama\u2019s wishes and, through art, continue to bring hope and strength for the future to people around the world.\u201d\u00a0Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, Kusama had an unhappy childhood and began experiencing hallucinations \u2013 something which she channelled into her art.Rejecting her conservative upbringing and planned future of an arranged marriage, Kusama left Japan for New York in 1958. There, the masculine-dominated art scene was shaken up by Kusama\u2019s \u201cinfinity net\u201d paintings and phallic sculptures. She inspired countless artists, including Andy Warhol, and was frustrated at how her ideas were copied by various male artists who enjoyed more privileges than she did when it came to gallery exhibitions.She returned to Japan\u00a0and voluntarily entered a psychiatric facility in 1977, where she would live and work for the remainder of her life.\u00a0Throughout her life, she staged \u201cbody festivals\u201d and happenings, created \u201csoft sculptures\u201d, and developed a flair for anti-establishment artistic statements which courted controversy. \u00a0She once wrote to US president Richard Nixon offering to sleep with him in exchange for an end to the Vietnam war; presented her Narcissus Garden at the 1966 Venice Biennale and sold the reflective balls from the piece under a banner \u201cYour narcissism for sale\u201d; staged New York\u2019s first homosexual wedding in 1968; and washed a \u201cdirty\u201d Soviet flag outside the UN building.After having been mostly overlooked for decades, Kusama\u00a0found and enjoyed fame later on in life. 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