Yayoi Kusama staged several unauthorized performances in New York City during the 1960s that drew the attention of the press, notably Grand Orgy to Awaken the Dead (1969), wherein she painted dots on participants’ naked bodies at a museum. Yayoi Kusama Museum Inaugural Exhibition Creation is a Solitary Pursuit, Love is What Brings You Closer to Art. LOVE IS CALLING was acquired through the generosity of Barbara Lee/ The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women, Fotene Demoulas and Tom Coté, Hilary and Geoffrey Grove, Vivien and Alan Hassenfeld, Jodi and Hal Hess, Barbara H. Lloyd, and an anonymous donor. Spanning over five decades, Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors focuses on the evolution of the Japanese artist’s immersive, multi-reflective infinity mirror rooms. A new exhibition, ZERO IS INFINITY, ZERO and Yayoi Kusama, opens at the Yayoi Kusama Museum The first group exhibition at the Yayoi Kusama Museum (5 March–31 May 2020) focuses on Kusama's activity in Europe during the 1960s and introduces the work of the artist network ZERO, first initiated by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene in Düsseldorf in 1958. Yayoi Kusama’s Head-Spinning New Exhibition in New York Is a Dream for Selfie-Takers—See Photos From the Show Here. 107 Bentencho Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-0851 Japan. For Kusama, pumpkins represent a source of radiant energy. From there, it will travel to the Museum Ludwig in Cologne in April 2021 and to the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Basel in October 2021. The exhibition Yayoi Kusama will be on view at the Gropius Bau museum in Berlin from September 4, 2020 until January 17, 2021.

YAYOI KUSAMA MUSEUM. Yayoi Kusama: The Moving Moment When I Went To The Universe, is at Victoria Miro gallery, London N1, 3 Oct-21 Dec. Free timed tickets: victoria-miro.com. Her career had a revival in the mid-2010s with several exhibitions featuring her Infinity Mirror Rooms. They are one of the artist’s most beloved motifs. Yayoi Kusama’s monumental Pumpkin is on view on the Hirshhorn Plaza now, and it will remain there through the course of the exhibition. Featured image: Yayoi Kusama – Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli’s Field, 1965. Yayoi Kusama: LOVE IS CALLING is organized by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator. Special Exhibition ZERO IS INFINITY ZERO and Yayoi Kusama YAYOI KUSAMA MUSEUM, Tokyo : 9.nov.2019-14.dec.2019 EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE David Zwirner, New York: 10.oct.2019-31.jan.2020 SPIRITS OF AGGREGATION YAYOI KUSAMA MUSEUM, Tokyo : 21.may.2019-Special Exhibition: YAYOI KUSAMA The Place for My Soul Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Nagano, Japan