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YAYOI KUSAMA

If the ¡°Mona Lisa¡± functions as a cultural pilgrimage site, Mount Fuji may be Japan¡¯s closest equivalent ¡ª an iconic image that millions travel to see for themselves.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 24, 2026
What is the ¡®Mona Lisa¡¯ of Japan?
From Hokusai to Kusama, searching for the country¡¯s ultimate artwork
Yayoi Kusama during a media preview of her exhibition at the David Zwirner gallery in New York in November 2013.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 11, 2024
Yayoi Kusama was the world¡¯s top-selling artist last year
Sales from Kusama¡¯s auctioned works totaled $80.9 million in 2023, moving her up from the second-highest selling artist in 2022.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 18, 2023
Is this Yayoi Kusama¡¯s final evolution?
A recent branding campaign with luxury brand Louis Vuitton raises the question: Is she still interesting?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 8, 2022
Now arriving: Yayoi Kusama and Kiki Smith¡¯s Grand Central Madison mosaics
Beach scenes, wild turkeys and fantastic abstract forms in glass grace the M.T.A.¡¯s new Long Island Rail Road terminal, with works by other artists.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 8, 2022
Notes from Setouchi: At Naoshima, three giants of Japanese art wrestle for attention
In spaces that opened earlier this year on Naoshima, the severe architecture of Tadao Ando brings a new edge to the art of Yayoi Kusama and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 6, 2021
Yayoi Kusama¡¯s dots and flowers breathe life into pandemic-hit New York
The avant-garde artist¡¯s signature motif has been taken to the New York Botanical Garden.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 14, 2019
At 90, artist Yayoi Kusama has plans for Macy¡¯s Thanksgiving Day parade balloon and New York installation
Multimedia artist Yayoi Kusama is keeping up a torrid pace at 90 ¡ª backing up sold-out exhibits at museums around the world with fresh works, more shows and even a balloon designed for the Macy¡¯s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2019
Yayoi Kusama: The underdog story of a Japanese art maverick
A documentary tells the story of Yayoi Kusama¡¯s battles with racism, sexism and mental illness during her 70-plus years of creating art.
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Oct 26, 2018
Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami consider legal action against fake exhibitions in China
Exhibitions of works passed off as those by renowned Japanese artists Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami have been held in China recently, and the two artists are considering legal action to seek criminal charges, their lawyers have said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 3, 2018
Yayoi Kusama in Jakarta: She¡¯ll be your mirror
¡®Life is the Heart of a Rainbow,¡¯ the Yayoi Kusama exhibition now on at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Jakarta, is the first retrospective of the artist Indonesia has ever hosted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2018
Buy what you like, sell what the market fancies: Top collectors reveal how to make a fortune in art
Andy Warhol once said: ¡°Making money is art.¡± But what about making money from art?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 20, 2018
The best pick and mix of modern art
The current exhibition at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art could be considered a retrospective of Toshio Hara¡¯s career as a collector. Surprisingly, given that the museum was founded in 1979, it¡¯s the first time that the director and president has personally curated a show there, and the title is...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 12, 2017
It has been a year of new museums, galleries and inventive renovations
From polka-dot emporiums and oceanfront observatories to a new-generation castle museum, a raft of eclectic new cultural spaces have been showcased over the past year across Japan. Here are a few highlights that have either opened or been renovated across the country in recent months.
CULTURE / Art
Dec 12, 2017
Bohemia along the Sumida: In search of cultural capital
On paper, the Japanese government supports the arts, which are considered important vehicles for promoting Japanese culture globally, enhancing the country¡¯s image as a tourist destination and stimulating declining regional economies. But, where does the content for Japan¡¯s increasing number of art festivals...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 26, 2017
Beset by visions, artist Yayoi Kusama has no intention of slowing down
Avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, whose work commands some of the highest prices of any living female artist, said on Tuesday that at age 88, she still fills her days painting and has no intention of slowing down.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 16, 2017
Famed artist Yayoi Kusama to open her own Tokyo museum
Yayoi Kusama, avant-garde artist world-renowned for her obsessive polka dot and net paintings, is opening a museum in the center of Tokyo this fall, the new museum said on its website.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 4, 2017
Kusama and her infinite appeal
Yayoi Kusama¡¯s work has a direct and immediate visual impact. Her obsessions with dots, pumpkins and floppy phalluses have become big crowd pleasers after a spotty career of avant-garde agitation and mental-health issues. The auction house Christie¡¯s says she is ¡°now the highest-selling living female...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Jan 14, 2017
Echigo-Tsumari: Creative adventures on the art field
It¡¯s winter. Inclement weather in December far north of Tokyo should come as no surprise: the farms and forests are normally blanketed in snow. So while preparing for our stay at the ¡°House of Light,¡± an installation in Niigata Prefecture by U.S. conceptual artist James Turrell, we aren¡¯t deterred when...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2014
¡®Abenomics¡¯ colors Japan¡¯s art market after years of pallid returns
Just a decade ago, a lithograph by artist Yayoi Kusama would sell for several hundred dollars at best. But now her pieces, some just the size of a magazine, can fetch as much as $74,000.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2014
Artists¡¯ mission to revitalize an onsen town
It begins with a long, slow hiss. The valves open, and a thick fog is released into the air, pouring from the roof of Dogo Onsen Honkan, the famous three-tiered bathhouse built in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, in 1894. It flows down the side of the building, past bathers in bathrobes on the open balcony...
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
Intervention is the word after yen moves beyond ?163 and sits there
The government could prop up the yen at any moment, though its signaling is hard to read.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.
Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights
Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night¡¯s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.
Maya Ongaku¡¯s DIY dream is getting bigger
The members of Maya Ongaku ¡ª (from left) Tsutomu Sonoda, Shoei Ikeda and Ryota Takano ¡ª grew up on the Shonan Coast south of Tokyo and have been friends since their school days.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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