Yayoi Kusama dies at 97 - in pictures

  • Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama poses for a photograph inside her Infinity Mirrored Room installation in New York. Reuters
    Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama poses for a photograph inside her Infinity Mirrored Room installation in New York. Reuters
  • Visitors walk through an installation by Kusama at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. AFP
    Visitors walk through an installation by Kusama at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. AFP
  • Kusama's 'Pumpkin' sculpture on display in New York. AFP
    Kusama's 'Pumpkin' sculpture on display in New York. AFP
  • Kusama speaks to journalists at her studio in Tokyo. Reuters
    Kusama speaks to journalists at her studio in Tokyo. Reuters
  • Kusama’s signature polka dots and reflective mirrors in Hong Kong. AFP
    Kusama’s signature polka dots and reflective mirrors in Hong Kong. AFP
  • A large inflatable mannequin depicting Kusama peers over the Louis Vuitton's flagship store at the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris. Reuters
    A large inflatable mannequin depicting Kusama peers over the Louis Vuitton's flagship store at the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris. Reuters
  • Kusama's 'Dancing Pumpkin' at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. AFP
    Kusama's 'Dancing Pumpkin' at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. AFP
  • Some of the 60 plane trees wrapped in a pink-and-white polka-dot design for Kusama in Melbourne. AFP
    Some of the 60 plane trees wrapped in a pink-and-white polka-dot design for Kusama in Melbourne. AFP
  • A man admires an artwork entitled 'A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe' which features in an exhibition by Kusama in Manchester, UK. AFP
    A man admires an artwork entitled 'A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe' which features in an exhibition by Kusama in Manchester, UK. AFP
  • Kusama during a press preview of her exhibition 'My Eternal Soul' at the National Art Centre in Tokyo. AFP
    Kusama during a press preview of her exhibition 'My Eternal Soul' at the National Art Centre in Tokyo. AFP