Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97 in Tokyo, with her studio and company announcing her death earlier in August. Multiple outlets report she died in a Tokyo hospital, and one major reference gives the date as 14 August.
Kusama is widely remembered for transforming recurring visions into distinctive works, including dot-covered paintings and sculptures, and for building immersive installations such as the “infinity mirror” rooms that drew large numbers of visitors. Several sources describe her as having experienced hallucinations from childhood and later living in a psychiatric hospital from 1977 onward, a detail that many place at the center of understanding her artistic practice.
Outlets vary mainly in emphasis. BBC and other international media foreground her global recognition and the immersive character of her exhibitions, while Hyperallergic and Washington Post describe her work in more expansive terms, linking it to spiritual or hallucinatory wonder. Interaksyon focuses on specific themes—hallucinations rendered as art—and the range of forms she used, from paintings to installations.
