Smithsonian Magazine

Yayoi Kusama Created Fantastical ‘Infinity Mirror Rooms’ That Became the Art World’s Most Famous Backdrops. Her Work Spanned Counterculture to the Cosmos

The Japanese artist, who died on August 14 at 97, sought solace from hallucinations in her art, developing a visual language of polka dots, pumpkins and mirrors that entranced the world ...

Yayoi Kusama, artist behind viral Infinity Mirror rooms, dies at 97

Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist whose dazzling Infinity Mirror rooms and instantly recognizable polka-dots, has died at 97.

Infinity Mirror Rooms artist, Yayoi Kusama, dead at 97. Her polka-dotted life in pictures

Artist Yayoi Kusama, who has died at 97, was one of Japan's most revered contemporary artists. Her work was exhibited around the world, often prompting long queues as people flocked to see her ...

Yayoi Kusama Dies at 97, ‘Infinity Mirror Rooms’ Artist Painted Until Her Final Days

Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist whose polka dots, pumpkins and Infinity Mirror Rooms became some of the most recognizable images in contemporary art, has died ... Read More ...

For better or worse, Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms reshaped the world

The late Japanese artist, born long before the internet, ushered in a new era of Instagram-ready participatory art.

Yayoi Kusama never stopped creating until her death at 97. Here’s what she said about productivity and aging.

"I wake up early in the morning and stay up late at night, sometimes until 3 a.m., just to make art," Yayoi Kusama said in 2014.
ABC15 Arizona

Phoenix Art Museum re-opens restored infinity mirror room

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Art Museum is celebrating the grand re-opening of its immersive infinity mirror room. Yayoi Kusama’s "You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies" has been ...