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Yayoi Kusama's much-anticipated Cosmic Nature exhibition is now open at the New York Botanical Garden in a riotous explosion of color and, of course, polka dots. Originally scheduled for 2020, Cosmic Nature is the perfect analogy for how many of us feel this spring: closed off and pent up for the past year, we are ready to frolic out and about in a revelry of colors. My Soul Blooms Forever is one of the sculptures on display inside the conservatory. Courtesy New York Botanical Garden Set amidst the gardens, the exhibition is the first to deeply explore Kusama's relationship to nature. It...

Yayoi Kusama, I Want to Fly to the Universe (2020) at the New York Botanical Garden. Collection of the artist. Photo by Sarah Cascone. After a year spent largely inside, New Yorkers have a joyful gift awaiting them at the New York Botanical Garden. The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s mirrored orbs, bold polka dots, and signature pumpkins are being unveiled after a year’s delay amid the seasonal rebirth that is early spring, surrounded by blossoming daffodils and cherry trees. “People are just itching to be outdoors and to see something cultural again,” Nicholas Lechi, the garden’s ...

A still from Yayoi Kusama’s Flower Obsession (Sunflower) Collection of Yayoi Kusama, courtesy of the NYBG A Yayoi Kusama exhibition opening this week at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) will include a newly commissioned version of the Japanese artist’s celebrated series of immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, the centrepiece of many Kusama shows. The work Infinity Mirrored Room—Illusion Inside the Heart (2020) comprises a cube-like glass structure with a reflective surface pierced by small holes, but it may only remain viewable from the outside depending on state-w...

Where to See Yayoi Kusama's Iconic Art, From Here to Infinity Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Getty She's been dubbed the "world's favorite artist." But while images of her kaleidoscopic Infinity rooms are hot on Instagram, she's no derivative newcomer to the art scene. This Japanese Pop-art icon has been creating fresh work since the 1950s, and her creative output hasn't subsided over the decades. Now a nonagenarian who has voluntarily made a home for herself in a Tokyo psychiatric asylum, Yayoi Kusama continues to produce her signature larger-than-life polka-dotted pumpkins, reflective Infinity rooms...

Share this article The New York Botanical Garden has announced the official 2021 opening dates for its highly-anticipated exhibition on Yayoi Kusama. Entitled “KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature,” the outdoor and indoor showcase was initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation will encompass a total of four new experiences alongside a sprawling display of works and installations across the Garden’s landscape, conservatory and its other institutional spaces in The Bronx. “KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature” pays homage to the prolific career of the acclaimed Japanese artist. The exhibit...