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The Arts Intel Report

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Until Apr 21, 2025
180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3006, Australia

Yayoi Kusama has been exploring the state of “self-obliteration” for decades. For her, it’s a floating place that stems from the hallucinations she’s experienced since childhood. “It made it possible for me to continue to make art every day,” she told The Guardian in 2018, “and this has saved my life.” With mirrors, flickering lights, and mesmerizing polka-dot galaxies Kusama dazzles viewers into a trancelike state. Including 200 works, this is the artist’s largest-ever museum survey in Australia. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: Yusuke Miyazaki/ courtesy Ota Fine Arts © Yayoi Kusama