{
  "id": 3711039,
  "title": "Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who splashed polka dots across art world, dead at 97",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yayoi-kusama-japanese-artist-who-splashed-polka-dots-across-art-world",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T08:52:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yayoi-kusama-japan-obit-9.7322292"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama , who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}