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We would like to hear your tributes and memories of artist Yayoi Kusama – whether you met her, or appreciated her work
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Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who became a global superstar, has died aged 97.
Kusama died in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August, her company Yayoi Kusama Inc announced in a statement on Thursday.
“Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry,” the statement read. “She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul.”
We would like to hear your tributes and memories of Yayoi Kusama whether you met her, or appreciated her work.
Kusama died in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August, her company Yayoi Kusama Inc announced in a statement on Thursday.
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Source: theguardian.com · Guardian community team. Published 27 Aug 2026, 07:49 am.
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