Stedelijk Opens Yayoi Kusama Retrospective at 97 as Her 70-Year Final Show Turns Posthumous
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 11
Stedelijk Opens Yayoi Kusama Retrospective at 97 as Her 70-Year Final Show Turns Posthumous
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 11
Summary
Friday’s opening at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum turns Yayoi Kusama’s planned retrospective into a posthumous tribute after the Japanese artist died on Aug. 14 at 97.
More than 70 years of work fill the exhibition, including pieces never before seen in Europe and site-specific installations created expressly for the show.
The Amsterdam run lasts through Jan. 17 and marks the final stop after Basel and Cologne, making it the last exhibition Kusama worked on during her lifetime.
Beyond the mirrored rooms, pumpkins and polka dots that made her a global draw, the show emphasizes the breadth and pioneering arc of her career.