日本艺术家草间弥生去世，享年97岁

日本前卫艺术家草间弥生于8月14日在东京一家医院去世，享年97岁12。其公司草间弥生工作室于周四发布声明确认了这一消息2。草间弥生以迷幻色彩、镜面装置和标志性的波点图案闻名全球，作品广泛在全球各大博物馆展出12。她的晚年因社交媒体时代的自拍文化获得了更广泛的国际关注1。

回顾其艺术生涯，草间弥生在1962年将第一幅“无限网”画作以75美元卖给了艺术家弗兰克·斯特拉和唐纳德·贾德1。1966年威尼斯双年展上，她展出了由1500个反射球组成的《水仙花园》，并以每个2美元的价格出售1。1993年，她在威尼斯双年展日本馆展出了一个充满南瓜雕塑的镜面房间1。2014年，其作品《White No 28》以710万美元拍卖成交，创下当时在世女性艺术家的纪录1。2017年，她在华盛顿赫什霍恩博物馆的展览曾因有人自拍时损坏作品而暂时关闭1。

自1977年起，草间弥生入住东京一家提供艺术治疗的精神病院并永久居住，直至生命最后阶段仍坚持创作1。

Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese avant-garde and contemporary artist celebrated for her polka dot patterns, psychedelic colors, and mirror installations, has died at the age of 97 12. She passed away in a Tokyo hospital on August 14 12. Her death was confirmed on Thursday in a statement issued by her company, Yayoi Kusama Studio 2. Kusama's artwork has been exhibited in major museums globally 2. In her later years, she gained broader international recognition due to the rise of selfie culture in the social media era 1.

In 1962, she sold her first "Infinity Net" painting for $75 to artists Frank Stella and Donald Judd 1. During the 1966 Venice Biennale, she presented "Narcissus Garden," an installation of 1,500 reflective spheres that she sold for $2 each 1. In 2014, her piece "White No 28" fetched $7.1 million at auction, setting a record for a living female artist at the time 1. She also exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1993, showcasing a mirror room filled with pumpkin sculptures at the Japanese Pavilion 1. In 1977, she moved into a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo that offered art therapy, residing there permanently and continuing to create art until the final stages of her life 1. In 2017, her exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington was temporarily closed after a visitor damaged an artwork while taking a selfie 1.