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.

The announcement made on her official website said she died on Aug, 14 but did not give a cause of death.

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