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1929–2026

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Yayoi Kusama Retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum
Installation view of Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, featuring monumental polka-dot flower sculptures.

Yayoi Kusama Retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

September 11, 2026–January 17, 2027

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Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins

Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, United States

July 17–October 18, 2026

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Yayoi Kusama Included in Guggeheim Pop: 1960 to Now

Yayoi Kusama Included in Guggeheim Pop: 1960 to Now

Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States

June 5, 2026–January 10, 2027

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Yayoi Kusama Solo Exhibition at the Museum Ludwig

Yayoi Kusama Solo Exhibition at the Museum Ludwig

Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

March 14–August 2, 2026

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Yayoi Kusama Solo Exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler
Installation view of the exhibition Yayoi Kusama, at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, dated 2025.

Yayoi Kusama Solo Exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland

October 12, 2025–January 25, 2026

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Yayoi Kusama Solo Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria
Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Accumulation
An image of a permanent public installation by Yayoi Kusama, called Infinite Accumulation, at the Liverpool Street station (Elizabeth line), dated 2024.

Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Accumulation

Liverpool Street Station, London, United Kingdom

On Permanent View

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Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkin
Installation view of the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkin at Kensington Gardens, Serpentine Galleries, in London, United Kingdom,  in 2024.

Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkin

Kensington Gardens, Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom

July 9–November 3, 2024

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Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now
Installation view of the exhibition, Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now, at Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, in Porto, Portugal, dated 2024.

Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now

Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal

March 2024

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Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love
Installation view, Yayoi Kusama, Dreaming of Earth's Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love, 2023, in Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, David Zwirner, New York, 2023

Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

2023–2024

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Celebrating 10 Years of Yayoi Kusama at Art Basel
A portrait of Yayoi Kusama

Celebrating 10 Years of Yayoi Kusama at Art Basel

June 2023

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Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloons
Installation view of Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011

Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloons

Factory International, Manchester

June 2023

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Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now
Yayoi Kusama, Self Obliteration, 1966–74. M+, Hong Kong

Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now

Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain

June 2023

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Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers
A portrait of Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers

Coming May 2023

May 2023

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Creating Infinity: The Worlds of Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama
Photo of Yayoi Kusama, Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts

Creating Infinity: The Worlds of Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama

January 2023

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Yayoi Kusama's Grand Central Madison Mosaic
Installation view of Yayoi Kusama’s artwork, A Message of Love, Directly from My Heart unto the Universe, commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and New York City Transit

Yayoi Kusama's Grand Central Madison Mosaic

New York City

November 2022

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Yayoi Kusama: My Soul Blooms Forever
Installation view from Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition My Soul Blooms Forever, Museum of Islamic Art. Doha. Qatar, November 19, 2022 - March 1, 2023.

Yayoi Kusama: My Soul Blooms Forever

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

November 2022

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Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now
A portrait of Yayoi Kusama in her studio in 2021, taken by Yusuke Miyazaki.

Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now

M+ Museum

October 2022

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Yayoi Kusama's The Obliteration Room

Yayoi Kusama's The Obliteration Room

Tate, London

July 2022

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DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE
An installation by Yayoi Kusama titled INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE, dated 2019.

DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE

PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal

July 2022

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One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection
An installation by Yayoi Kusama, titled Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli’s Field (Floor Show) at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.

One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

April 2022

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Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern
Installation view of Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern, 2021 – 2024

Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern

Tate Modern, London

2021-24

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Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms at The Broad
An installation view of Yayoi Kusama, INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - THE SOULS OF MILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY, dated 2013

Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms at The Broad

The Broad, Los Angeles

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Yayoi Kusama to Present New Work this Summer
A photo of Yayoi kusama with her paintings. Photo by  Yusuke Miyazaki.

Yayoi Kusama to Present New Work this Summer

June 2021

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Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective
A photo of Yayoi Kusama, inside her work “Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli’s Field”, in 1965.

Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective

Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

April 2021

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KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature
A sculpture by Yayoi kusama, titled Dancing Pumpkin, dated 202.

KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature

April 2021

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A MESSAGE FROM YAYOI KUSAMA TO THE WHOLE WORLD
A detail from a work by Yayoi Kusama, titled A WORD CALLED HAPPINESS, dated 2016.

A MESSAGE FROM YAYOI KUSAMA TO THE WHOLE WORLD

April 2020

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Life of the Pumpkin Recites, All About the Biggest Love for the People

Life of the Pumpkin Recites, All About the Biggest Love for the People

Place Vendôme

2019

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New Public Work by Yayoi Kusama
A photo of a sculpture by Yayoi Kusama in Paris, titled Life of the Pumpkin Recites, All About the Biggest Love for the People, dated 2019.

New Public Work by Yayoi Kusama

Place Vendôme, Paris

October 2019

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LOVE IS CALLING
A sculpture by Yayoi Kusama, titled LOVE IS CALLING, dated 2013.

LOVE IS CALLING

ICA, Boston

September 2019

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Infinity Mirrors
An installation by Yayoi Kusama, titled Infinity Mirrors- Phallis Field, dated 1965.

Infinity Mirrors

Major Traveling Survey

2017–2019

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Narcissus Garden in New York
Installation view of the exhibition Rockaway! 2018 featuring a site-specific installation of Narcissus Garden by Yayoi Kusama, dated 2018.

Narcissus Garden in New York

July 2018

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Yayoi Kusama Book Launch and Film Screenings, Plus David Zwirner Books’ Surfside Pop-Up
Yayoi Kusama drawing in the 2018 documentary film, titled Kusama - Infinity, directed by Heather Lenz.

Yayoi Kusama Book Launch and Film Screenings, Plus David Zwirner Books’ Surfside Pop-Up

New York

2018

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Screening of Kusama – Infinity (2018) at Art Basel
Yayoi Kusama drawing in the 2018 documentary film, titled Kusama - Infinity, directed by Heather Lenz.

Screening of Kusama – Infinity (2018) at Art Basel

Documentary by Heather Lenz

June 16, 2018

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Life is the Heart of a Rainbow
An installation by Yayoi Kusama, titled INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM-GLEAMING LIGHTS OF THE SOULS, dated 2008.

Life is the Heart of a Rainbow

Major Traveling Exhibition

2018

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Yayoi Kusama: All About My Love

Yayoi Kusama: All About My Love

Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Matsumoto, Japan

2018

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Yayoi Kusama: Flower Obsession

Yayoi Kusama: Flower Obsession

National Gallery of Victoria

2017

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A Message from Yayoi Kusama

A Message from Yayoi Kusama

2017

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Inaugural exhibition at the Yayoi Kusama Museum
Exterior view of the Yayoi Kusama Museum which opened in Tokyo in 2017.

Inaugural exhibition at the Yayoi Kusama Museum

Tokyo, Japan

2017

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Solo exhibition at Judd Foundation
A painting by Yayoi Kusama, tilted INFINITY-NETS, dated 2016.

Solo exhibition at Judd Foundation

101 Spring Street, New York

2017

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Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction
A painting by Yayoi Kusama, titled No. F, dated 1959.

Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction

Works by Yayoi Kusama were included in this group exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York

2017

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Narcissus Garden
Installation view of the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden at the Philip Johnson Glass House in Connecticut, dated 2016.

Narcissus Garden

Sculptural installation at the historic landmark Philip Johnson Glass House

2016

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The Most Popular Artist in the World
Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Major international traveling retrospective

2011-2012

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