27/08/2026
YAYOI KUSAMA (1929–2026)
She spent seventy years turning obsession into infinity.
From the Infinity Nets painted in a cold New York loft, to the pumpkin standing alone on a pier in Naoshima, to rooms where the self dissolves into dots, Kusama made repetition a language, and made the world learn it.
She painted until her final days.
Her passing, on 14 August in Tokyo at the age of 97, closes one of the most singular careers in modern and contemporary art. What she leaves behind does not feel finite.
• Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirror Room. Phalli’s Field, 1965
• Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin, 2022, Naoshima, Japan. Tadasu Yamamoto
• Yayoi Kusama with Red Stripes and Blue Spots, 1965 — Credit Marianne Dommisse / 0-INSTITUTE, Artwork
• Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room
• Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room
© YAYOI KUSAMA