Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo
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"Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 2 articles from 2 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (13)
- Yayoi Kusama Turned Her Polka Dot Obsession Into Global Success Bloomberg.com · 44d ago
- ‘The only method I have found that relieved my illness is to keep creating art’: remembering Yayoi Kusama The Conversation · 45d ago
- Remembering Yayoi Kusama in Des Moines Axios · 45d ago
- Yayoi Kusama: A Life in Pictures The New York Times · 45d ago
- Yayoi Kusama’s legacy lives on at Cincinnati Art Museum after her death WLWT · 45d ago
- How Yayoi Kusama’s San Francisco triumph became an SFMOMA reckoning San Francisco Chronicle · 45d ago
- Yayoi Kusama’s complicated legacy with anti-Blackness Yahoo · 45d ago
- Yayoi Kusama: A Life in Photos The New York Times · 45d ago
- Iconic artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97 USA Today · 45d ago
- Yayoi Kusama’s psychedelic art was at its best when taken in high doses The Guardian · 45d ago
- Yayoi Kusama, superstar of the art world who was revered for her polka-dot creations The Telegraph · 45d ago
- Polka dots, infinity rooms and phallic sculptures: Yayoi Kusama’s art in pictures Yahoo · 45d ago
- Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo AP News · 45d ago
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