Yayoi Kusama

The definitive catalogue of the 2025 autumn retrospective of Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929, Matsumoto, Japan) at the Fondation Beyeler —the first in Switzerland—. It explores 70 years of a multidisciplinary career (sculpture, painting, performance, video, fashion, poetry): from early works never before seen in Europe (Infinity Nets, 1950s, NYC avant-garde with Warhol/Oldenburg) to icons such as obsessive polka dots and immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms. Collaboration with the artist and her studio includes new works. A pioneer of Pop and Minimalism, she experienced a revival in the 1980s following her return to Japan (1973); from a psychiatric hospital, she redefined infinity and repetition.