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In Japan, Yayoi Kusama Is Remembered as a Visionary and a Rebel

27 août 2026 à 07:06
Artists, scholars and fans celebrated Ms. Kusama as a cultural giant who helped bring Japanese art to the masses.

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A pumpkin covered in dots by Yayoi Kusama at the Matsumoto City Museum of Art in Nagano, Japan.

After Whiskey With His Captors, Cuban Dissident Lands in a Miami Maelstrom

27 août 2026 à 09:09
The former political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is unpacking 4,000 paintings he brought to Miami from Cuba and dodging criticism from exiles who once welcomed him.

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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara with one of his sculptures last month in Miami.

Yayoi Kusama Was the Avant-Garde Radical Who Became a Pop Icon

27 août 2026 à 06:03
In her mass-produced ubiquity, Kusama became one of her own dots, spreading her image into every corner of our culture.

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A video projection of “Song of a Manhattan Suicide Addict,” by Yayoi Kusama, in 2024. In her later years, Kusama was one of the most popular living artists in the world.
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