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Yayoi Kusama

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What the Art World Doesn’t Want You to Know About Yayoi Kusama

Avatar photo by Dexter Thomas June 1, 2023July 6, 2023

A new publication tries hard to reinvent Kusama as a champion of racial equity despite her troubling record of anti-Black statements.

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New Kusama NYC Show Draws Lines Down the Block

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 12, 2023May 15, 2023

An exhibition in Chelsea features one of the artist’s “Infinity Rooms,” which haven’t been shown in NYC since 2021.

Posted inOpinion

The Objectification of Yayoi Kusama

Avatar photo by Hindley Wang April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

Louis Vuitton’s collaboration with the artist raises questions of autonomy, agency, and objecthood.

Posted inNews

Art Dealer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for $86M Fraud Scheme

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Inigo Philbrick misrepresented the ownership of and fraudulently traded in works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama, and others.

Posted inNews

A Typhoon Swept This Yayoi Kusama Sculpture Away to Sea

by Hakim Bishara August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

The artwork was installed on a pier on the shore of Naoshima in Kagawa Prefecture.

Posted inArt

Standing Inside Yayoi Kusama’s Mind

by Michael Glover May 29, 2021May 28, 2021

How much of the effect is the object reflected, or the reflection of the object?

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The Gropius Bau in Berlin Reopens With Major Exhibitions on Yayoi Kusama and Hella Jongerius

Avatar photo by Gropius Bau May 25, 2021May 24, 2021

Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective — A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe and Hella Jongerius: Woven Cosmos are on view through August 15.

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Kusama: Cosmic Nature Now Open at the New York Botanical Garden

by New York Botanical Garden May 4, 2021May 3, 2021

Experience Yayoi Kusama’s profound connection with nature. On view through October 31.

Posted inArt

Dots for Days: Kusama Blooms at the New York Botanical Garden

by Bedatri D. Choudhury April 8, 2021April 8, 2021

Cosmic Nature invites viewers to celebrate the artist’s joyful, creative energy after a year of loss and grieving.

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Works by Yayoi Kusama, Gifted to Her Doctor in the 1960s, Expected to Fetch Up to $14M

by Cassie Packard March 25, 2021March 25, 2021

Dr. Teruo Hirose had a reputation for providing treatment to Japanese immigrants for reduced prices or even pro bono.

Posted inBooks

Yayoi Kusama’s Self-Portrait as a Young Provocateur

Avatar photo by Angelica Frey November 21, 2020November 20, 2020

Kusama: The Graphic Novel is an ode to the power of art, which, on multiple occasions, saved her.

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Yayoi Kusama Gets Her First Graphic Novel Biography

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino September 14, 2020November 5, 2020

In this excerpt of Kusama: The Graphic Novel, illustrator Elisa Macellari time travels to Kusama’s life in 1960s New York City, when the artist became “the high priestess of love and pacifism.”

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Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Amazonia
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Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Amazonia

Curated by Berta Sichel with Patricia Capa, this group exhibition centered on the Amazonian rainforest, its native societies, and ecologies is on view in NYC.

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