Artist
Yayoi Kusama
born Matsumoto, Japan 1929
- Also known as
- Yayoi Nusama
- Born
- Matsumoto, Japan
Exhibitions
October 1, 2021–May 18, 2025
Artist to Artist features paired artworks, each representing two figures whose trajectories intersected at a creatively crucial moment, whether as student and teacher, professional allies, or friends.
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New Acquisitions12/17/2019
Discovering four watercolors by Yayoi Kusama in SAAM's Joseph Cornell Study Center
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Melissa Ho
Curator (20th-Century Art)
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Exhibitions10/15/2021
On the surprising friendship between artists Yayoi Kusama and Joseph Cornell
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Howard Kaplan
Writer