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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who filled the world with polka dots, dead at 97 [Article]

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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who filled the world with polka dots, dead at 97 [Article]

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Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days ago

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who filled the world with polka dots, dead at 97 | CNN

Yayoi Kusama, one of the world’s most celebrated and best-selling artists has died, according to a statement on the artist’s official website.

A few photos from the 2018 exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, including an interactive portion where visitors put dots on objects.

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Broooo no way

What an awful week
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  Why are the deaths always clustered? Horrible.

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