日本著名当代艺术家草间弥生因多器官功能衰竭，于当地时间2026年8月14日在东京都一家医院去世，终年97岁12。她凭借色彩鲜艳的波点和网状图案作品享誉全球，并以南瓜雕塑等作品广为人知1。
草间弥生1929年3月22日出生于日本长野县松本市，1948年在京都市立美术工艺学校学习日本画2。1957年，她赴美定居纽约，并于1966年参加威尼斯双年展，展出作品《水仙花园》2。电影《草间弥生的自我消解》曾在1968年的比利时第四届国际实验电影竞赛、第二届马里兰电影节及安娜堡电影节中获奖2。1973年，草间弥生永久返回日本，并于1977年入住东京清和精神病院，此后一直居住于此2。
在艺术生涯中，草间弥生在全球范围内举办过极具影响力的大型回顾展2。1998年，其大型回顾展在洛杉矶县艺术博物馆举办，随后巡展至纽约现代艺术博物馆、明尼阿波利斯沃克艺术中心和东京当代艺术博物馆2。2012年，她在纽约惠特尼博物馆和伦敦泰特现代美术馆举办大型回顾展2。2017年，她在华盛顿赫什霍恩博物馆举办展览，同年草间弥生博物馆在东京开馆2。此外，维多利亚国家美术馆2024至2025年夏季的草间弥生展览吸引了570,537名购票观众，成为该馆史上最成功的售票展览2。2024年，《水仙花园》以1400颗直径30厘米不锈钢球的新版本入藏维多利亚国家美术馆2。
Yayoi Kusama, a globally renowned Japanese contemporary artist, has died at the age of 97 12. She passed away on August 14 at a hospital in Tokyo due to multiple organ failure 1. Born on March 22, 1929, in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Kusama was celebrated globally for her vibrant polka dot and net pattern artworks, and was widely known for her pumpkin sculptures 12.
Kusama studied Nihonga at the Kyoto City Specialist School of Arts and Crafts in 1948 before relocating to New York in 1957 2. She exhibited "Narcissus Garden" at the 1966 Venice Biennale 2. Her 1968 film "Kusama's Self-Obliteration" won awards at the 4th International Experimental Film Competition in Belgium, the 2nd Maryland Film Festival, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival 2. She held major retrospectives, including a 1998 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that toured to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, followed by large-scale shows at the Whitney Museum and Tate Modern in 2012, and the Hirshhorn Museum in 2017 2. In 2017, the Yayoi Kusama Museum also opened in Tokyo 2. Her 2024-25 summer exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria drew 570,537 ticketed visitors, becoming the most successful ticketed exhibition in the institution's history 2. A 2024 iteration of "Narcissus Garden", comprising 1,400 stainless steel balls each measuring 30 centimeters in diameter, was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria 2. After returning to Japan permanently in 1973, Kusama moved into the Seiwa Hospital for Mental Diseases in Tokyo in 1977, where she resided for the rest of her life and continued her artistic practice 2.
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