Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist Who Expanded and Endured, Dies at 97

Latest update from New York Times World: The report is now confirmed by New York Times World. Latest update from The New York Times: The report is now confirmed by The New York Times. The Japanese artist’s polka-dot covered paintings, phallic sculptures and public performances caused a stir in New York City and Europe in the 1960s. Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist whose polka-dot-covered paintings, phallic sculptures and public performances caused a stir in New York City and Europe in the 1960s, and whose mirrored “Infinity Room” installations became selfie sensations and blockbuster museum and gallery attractions in recent decades, has died. The Yayoi Kusama Museum and the Yayoi Kusama Foundation announced her death on Thursday, saying in a statement that she had died on Aug. 14 in a Tokyo hospital. The statement did not specify a cause.

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