De Japanse avant-gardekunstenares Yayoi Kusama is eerder deze maand op 97-jarige leeftijd overleden, is donderdag bekendgemaakt. In het Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is vanaf 11 september een overzichtstentoonstelling van haar werk te zien.

A statement on her website stated that the artist died in a Tokyo hospital on Aug 14.

Pioneering Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died

Her work was expressive of her own experiences with mental health challenges.