An Artistic Pilgrimage in Naoshima Japan – Virginie Syn
For a long time, I’ve been fascinated by Naoshima, a small island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea.
18 March 2024
Yayoi Kusama
Kusama Finishes Exhibitions Tour At Guggenheim Bilbao – Jude Montague
Although Yayoi Kusama’s work has been on tour for some time, including a well-reviewed stint at the Tate Modern, I luckily had managed to avoid these shows.
28 June 2023
Manchester International Festival To Present Major Artists For 2023 Edition
Artists from around the world will exhibit in venues and spaces throughout the city and at Factory International’s much-anticipated new home.
14 March 2023
Qatar Transforms Into An Outdoor Art Gallery Ahead Of FIFA World Cup
Qatar, a country that is no stranger to important contemporary public art, with works by Richard Serra and Damien Hirst, will be Transformed into an Outdoor Art Museum
10 August 2022
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms
EXTENDED TO 11 JUNE 2023
Tate presents a rare chance to experience two of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms.
daily 10.00–18.00
Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote
This major presentation of new works features a dynamic installation of paintings from Kusama’s iconic My Eternal Soul series, bronze pumpkins and painted soft sculptures.
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Great Artworks Explained A New Video Series By James Payne
This is a new series by Artist/historian James Payne demystifying great works of art. We will be adding to this page as the content is produced.
1 June 2020
Yayoi Kusama Designs Art Balloon For Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Yayoi Kusama, The world-renowned Japanese artist, has designed a balloon for this year’s iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
24 October 2019
Yayoi Kusama: The Master Of Infinity – Film Review – Isa Freeling
No doubt that when you hear the name Yayoi Kusama, images of the vivid twinkling lights from her infinity Mirror Rooms escape from your memory banks bursting across the inside of your eyelids.
9 September 2018
Yayoi Kusama
A major exhibition of new works by Yayoi Kusama will take place across the Wharf Road galleries and waterside garden.
Tuesday–Saturday 10am–6pm
Yayoi Kusama Museum To Open In Tokyo This October
Yayoi Kusama the creator of polka-dot “infinity” rooms and outsider paintings has announced she is to open her own dedicated museum in her hometown, Tokyo.
11 August 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Turning Pumpkins Into Vuitton Bags And Airbnb Rooms
I was interested to read that Tate Modern has apparently been working in conjunction with Airbnb to provide the opportunity… Read More
27 May 2016
Yayoi Kusama: Mesmerising Attractions Despite Queues Like Disneyland
It’s six o’clock on a warm spring night, I head to down to the Victoria Miro Gallery in Islington to… Read More
25 May 2016
Yayoi Kusama: Largest UK Exhibition Since Tate Retrospective Launches At Victoria Miro
A new exhibition of paintings by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama opened last night at Victoria Miro’s West End, George St… Read More
24 May 2016
Yayoi Kusama Narcissus Garden Opens At Philip Johnson’s Glass House
Philip Johnson’s public space, The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA is presenting Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden, a landscape installation that… Read More
2 May 2016
Yayoi Kusama 87th Birthday Celebrated In Photos
Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto, Japan in 1929. Her early career saw her train in traditional Japanese painting while… Read More
22 March 2016
Yayoi Kusama Proves The Most Popular Exhibiting Artist In 2014
The figures are in for the most visited exhibitions of 2014 and Yayoi Kusama’s exhibitions in South and Central America have… Read More
3 April 2015
Yayoi Kusama Retrospective Opens At Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Museum Of Fine Arts
The Japanese art star Yayoi Kusama, is probably the ultimate outsider artist – now her highly popular retrospective “A Dream… Read More
9 February 2015
Damien Hirst And Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins For An Artistic Halloween
The warmest Halloween since UK records began is heating up and what better way to celebrate than to get a… Read More
31 October 2014
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins Victoria Miro Announces New Autumn Exhibition
A new exhibition of the work of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, which opens on 16 September 2014 will comprise… Read More
5 June 2014
Yayoi Kusama: An Unrelenting Pursuit Of Truth And Beauty
Doyenne of the art world whose career has spanned 6 decades, Yayoi Kusama is now 84 years old, and continues… Read More
4 May 2013
Yayoi Kusama Celebrates 84th Birthday With Work That Keeps Evolving
Yayoi Kusama who thrilled London last year with her fabulous Tate Modern retrospective celebrates her 84th birthday today ( 22… Read More
23 March 2013
Gagosian Gallery Empire Under Threat As Top Artists Jump Ship
In the latter half of December, the largest gallery in the world suddenly found its future dominance in doubt.
30 December 2012
Gagosian Suffers Third Artist Defection As Yayoi Kusama Abandons Gallery
Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Now Yayoi Kusama are set to move on from the worlds largest Art Gallery. The… Read More
24 December 2012
Yayoi Kusama Unveils Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton Collection
Yayoi Kusama does not know where she stands in the art world. After having recently finished a major retrospective at… Read More
9 July 2012
Yayoi Kusama To Grace New London Sculpture Space
The City of London Corporation is installing up to seven works by internationally renowned artists including Michael Craig-Martin, Julian Opie, Thomas… Read More
10 May 2012
ART HK Reveals Yayoi Kusama Sculpture
ART HK PROJECTS to present 10 large-scale sculptures and installations, including a work by Kusama Back for its fifth year,… Read More
17 April 2012
Yayoi Kusama To Headline Kiev Biennale Arsenale 2012
New artworks by Kusama and Phyllida Barlow, alongside major pieces by Ai Weiwei, Louise Bourgeois, Chapman Bros, and Paul McCarthy,… Read More
29 March 2012
Yayoi Kusama Youth Workshop Launches At Tate
Infinite Kusama Invites 15-25 Year Olds To Interact with Japan’s Godmother of Pop Art Infinite Kusama is an exciting event… Read More
28 February 2012
Alighiero Boetti Plays The Game At Tate Modern
Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan @ Tate Modern – REVIEW Amid the flurry of spectacular publicity for the psychedelic hyped-up hyper… Read More
27 February 2012
Seeing Inside Yayoi Kusama At Victoria Miro
Yayoi Kusama: New Paintings @ Victoria Miro – REVIEW To coincide with the major retrospective of Yayoi Kusama’s work currently… Read More
22 February 2012
Spotting Yayoi Kusama At Tate Modern Retrospective
Major retrospective for Yayoi Kusama at Tate Modern reveals fundamental continuity behind the dazzling diversity of a six decade career… Read More
7 February 2012