Yayoi Kusama’s Bermuda Art Connection
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose work has been displayed in Bermuda, has died at 97 following a career that made her one of the world’s highest-selling female artists.
The Yayoi Kusama Museum and Foundation announced today [August 27] that the artist died at a hospital in Tokyo.
The organisation said Kusama “continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush.”
Kusama was known internationally for her use of polka dots and repetitive patterns across paintings, sculptures and installations. Her work was exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and also in Bermuda.
A Kusama pumpkin sculpture was documented on the grounds of the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club by the New York Observer during a visit in November 2024.
The Bermuda National Gallery previously displayed art from Kusama’s A Pumpkin series as part of its What’s Poppin’! Pop Art And Its Influence exhibition.
Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, Kusama moved to New York in 1957 and became part of the city’s avant-garde art scene. She later returned to Japan and continued producing paintings, sculptures, installations, films, novels and poetry.
She received Japan’s Order of Culture in 2016, one of the country’s highest honours for artists. The Associated Press reported that she remained active as an artist until shortly before her death.
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