{
  "id": 3674375,
  "title": "Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/japanese-avant-garde-artist-yayoi-kusama-dies-at-97",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T04:03:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260827-japanese-avant-garde-artist-yayoi-kusama-dies-at-97"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama died at the age of 97 on August 14 in Tokyo, her company said Thursday. The avant-garde artist known as the “polka dot queen” had channelled her hallucinations and traumas into her work over the course of a career spanning several decades.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}