She is the princess of polka dots, an internationally renowned artist whose iconic works are staged and celebrated around the world.

The odds were stacked against Yayoi Kusama from the day she was born. Japan in 1929 was no place for a little girl with big dreams: stifling conservatism, wartime hardships and an oppressive ...

is the most fearful for her,” Professor Akira Tatehata, director of the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo, tells V Weekend. “But there’s a way to cope with fears by creating art. A healing process.

Yayoi Kusama, who voluntarily checked into ... A tour guide carefully arranges a gaggle of subjects around this art island’s most famous work. Once content, he points a camera at the group ...

A sprawling new exhibition explores the storied career of Yayoi Kusama – where, despite all the fun and colour, melancholy ...

I remember the first time I stepped into one of artist Yayoi ... Japan in 1929, Kusama began compulsively drawing and painting from a young age. One of the earliest and most affecting works ...

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 ...