Once polluted and suffering from depopulation, Naoshima has become Japan's hottest contemporary art enclave – and there are ...

From fascinating woodblock prints and beautiful landscape paintings to eye-catching sculptures, Japanese artists have created monumental pieces that have transformed the world of art. These famous ...

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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 ...

There's a deeply evocative part of a work on display early in the NGV exhibition that ... and I definitely can't afford a limited edition Yayoi Kusama Louis Vuitton handbag, but the first half ...

Sasha Grishin does not work for, consult ... relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Now aged 95, Yayoi Kusama for many decades has been considered one of the most influential ...

Now aged 95, Yayoi Kusama for ... Since 1973 Kusama has lived voluntarily in a psychiatric hospital. On a daily basis, she travels to her studio to work on her art. As with many of Kusama ...

The work of Yayoi Kusama is unmissable ... beginning with the less flashy but still riveting early works from the 1950s. There are moody paintings amid one small treasure: a piece from 1952 ...

Her work is so fruitful, with so many expressions; the paintings, sculptures, installations. It’s a mysterious force.” Yayoi Kusama in 2024. Picture: Yusuke Miyazaki Mr Tatehata takes phone ...

An early example is her (unauthorised ... she would choose to visually tie herself to her work in that way.” A look from the 2023 Yayoi Kusama Louis Vuitton collection. Kusama’s influence ...

There have been exhibits of her work on these ... were planted early in her life in mountainous Matsumoto, the town in provincial Nagano where Kusama was born and raised. Yayoi Kusama was born ...