Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s famous yellow ... With three modern and contemporary art museums, it is known as an “art island,” The yellow pumpkin, which contrasts with the blue sea ...

By Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives TOKYO — Not to worry: A giant pumpkin sculpture by the artist Yayoi ... an island in western Japan that has since become an unlikely haven for international art ...

in Naoshima Island, Kusama has placed her pumpkins within the ultimate backdrop to confront her iconic art. A tourist communes with a Yellow Pumpkin by Kusama Yayoi in Naoshima, Japan. With it’s ...

Located in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, Naoshima is part of a cluster islands that includes Teshima and Inujima, where art and ... to see Yayoi Kusama’s famous pumpkins. The red pumpkin is located ...

He has since their first meeting in 1973 variously championed her as a rising star of modern art, chosen her as Japan ... Kusama. Red Pumpkin, a 2019 work, is a sentinel at the tip of the island.