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Yayoi Kusama: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born March 22, 1929 • Matsumoto • Japan
Died August 14, 2026 (aged 97) • Tokyo • Japan
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (2006)
Notable Works “Grand Orgy to Awaken the Dead” • “Mirror Room (Pumpkin)”
Movement / Style Minimalism • Pop art

Photos

Yayoi Kusama
Visitors walk among large, red, polka-dotted sculptures in a mirrored room covered with Yayoi Kusama's signature white polka-dot pattern at the Kusamatrix exhibition.
A woman stands inside Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrors exhibit, surrounded by countless glowing lanterns and reflections creating an immersive, golden-lit environment.
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Tracey Emin sits on the floor in front of her installation My Bed, which features an unmade bed surrounded by personal items, on display at Christie's in London.
Tracey Emin
British artist
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Zhang Huan
Chinese artist
Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden
Robert Irwin
American painter and sculptor
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta
Cuban-born artist
Banksy: Girl with Balloon
Banksy
British graffiti artist
Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan
Korean artist, critic, philosopher, and poet
Maurizio Cattelan: Mini-Me
Maurizio Cattelan
Italian artist
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
American artist
Chris Burden
Chris Burden
American artist
Smith, Tony: Throwback (1/3)
Tony Smith
American architect, sculptor, and painter
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg
American artist
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Christo
Bulgarian artist
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei in 2019, facing the camera and wearing a black zip-up jacket.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
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Anselm Kiefer
German painter
Georg Baselitz: Armalamor
Georg Baselitz
German artist
Robert Rauschenberg: Monogram
Robert Rauschenberg
American artist
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami
Japanese artist and entrepreneur
Richard Serra: The Matter of Time
Richard Serra
American artist
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Jasper Johns
American painter

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