Ink, Infinity and Survival: Kusama’s Dots Redefine Art and Neurodiversity
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Yayoi Kusama, who died at 97, turned lifelong visions into a groundbreaking, immersive art practice—dots, flowers and Infinity Mirror Rooms—that helped her survive and reshaped perceptions of neurodivergence in the art world, elevating other autistic and disabled artists and prompting renewed attention to mental health in creativity.
- ‘I fight pain and fear with art’: how Yayoi Kusama blazed a trail for neurodivergent artists The Guardian
- Yayoi Kusama, Japanese Pop Artist Known for Polka-Dot Paintings, Dies at 97 The New York Times
- Yayoi Kusama Turned Her Polka Dot Obsession Into Global Success Bloomberg.com
- ‘The only method I have found that relieved my illness is to keep creating art’: remembering Yayoi Kusama The Conversation
- How Yayoi Kusama’s San Francisco triumph became an SFMOMA reckoning San Francisco Chronicle
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