# Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

https://mins.news/en/video/34161

- France 24 English, 2026-08-27 09:33 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K08rhMgwCQU

> Yayoi Kusama, one of Japan’s and the world’s best-known contemporary artists, has died at 97, her company said Thursday, prompting tributes internationally. The artist known as the “polka dot queen” drew on hallucinations and struggles with mental health in vivid works marked by dots, nets and infinity motifs across a decades-long global career.

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