Photos show Yayoi Kusama and artwork featuring her signature polka dots

Skip to contentThursday, August 27, 2026Keep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign outKeep reading by creating a free account or signing in.Sign outWiresApFILE - Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama poses for photographers in front of her painting "Love Arrives at the Earth Carrying with it a Tale of the Cosmos" at the Tate Modern in London, on Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)Read moreKirsty Wigglesworth / APby The Associated Press, Associated PressPublished Aug. 27, 2026, 1:05 a.m. ETRenowned contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama has died at age 97 in a Tokyo hospital. Kusama's work was shown in museums around the world. Repetitive motifs in various shapes were her trademark, especially dots that danced on canvases or sparkled as balls or dots of light in her installa