In 1973, after a decade or so making shockwaves across the art world, Yayoi Kusama checked herself into a mental health facility. The artist, now 95 years old and still residing in the same Tokyo ...

Many know Yayoi Kusama as “the princess of polka dots”, but the famous Japanese contemporary artist has more to offer than her iconic dotted pumpkin. The 93-year-old cultural icon is still ...

A major new exhibition from Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has opened as part of Manchester International Festival 2023. ‘You, Me and the Balloons’, Kusama’s largest project to date, is the first to be ...

Words by Chynna Santos· 17 Dec 2024 It’s hard to steal the attention from Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s colourful, polka-dotted and genre-bending works. But attendees at the NGV Gala took on the ...