https://mediaforum.net/tags/art/ Recent content in Art on Media Forum Hugo en-us Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mediaforum.net/yayoi-kusama-japanese-artist-of-dots-nets-and-infinity-rooms-dies-at-97/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mediaforum.net/yayoi-kusama-japanese-artist-of-dots-nets-and-infinity-rooms-dies-at-97/ <p>Yayoi Kusama, who spent seventy years painting the hallucinations she had experienced since childhood and became one of the most widely seen artists alive in the process, died on August 14 at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 97. Her studio announced the death on Thursday. Kyodo News reported the cause as multiple organ failure. The studio&rsquo;s own statement gave no cause and said she had gone on painting until her final days.</p>