Japanese polka dot artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

The world, along with her native Japan, radically changed its perception of Kusama in her later life.7m) at auction in 2022, making her works some of the highest-earning in the world for a female artist.

As a child, Kusama experienced hallucinations of embers and flashing – later using her art as a vehicle for others to understand her vision of the world.