Avant-Garde Polka Dot Legend Yayoi Kusama Dies at 97

Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese avant-garde artist renowned for her polka dots and immersive infinity rooms, died in a Tokyo hospital on August 14, 2026, at age 97. Her career spanned from the 1950s to the 2020s, producing vivid paintings, sculptures, and installations inspired by her hallucinations.

🐿️ Kusama's decades-long stay in a psychiatric hospital didn't stop her from becoming art's most profitable dot distributor.