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  "id": 3758265,
  "title": "An 'icon' of contemporary art: A look back at the career of Yayoi Kusama",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/an-icon-of-contemporary-art-a-look-back-at-the-career-of-yayoi-kusama",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-27T15:01:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260827-an-icon-of-contemporary-art-a-look-back-at-the-career-of-yayoi-kusama"
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  "summary": "Yayoi Kusama, a celebrated Japanese contemporary artist, has died at the age of 97. She was known as the \"polka dot queen\" for her signature dot and net patterns that she began producing at the age of 10. Kusama's work was influenced by vivid hallucinations and her experiences with mental illness, which she struggled with throughout her life.\n\nKusama's career spanned multiple decades and continents, including her time in New York's 1960s pop and minimalist scenes. She gained huge commercial success in her later years, with her larger-than-life paintings, sculptures, and installations selling for millions of dollars and packing out top galleries. According to the Malay Mail, Kusama lived voluntarily in a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo for the second half of her life.\n\nTributes have been paid to Kusama from around the world, including from Hong Kong fans and cultural figures, such as West Kowloon Cultural District Authority board chairman Bernard Chan and local design studio AllRightsReserved. Kusama's legacy is expected to inspire generations to come.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yayoi-kusama-who-splashed-polka-dots-across-art-world-dies-at-97-in-3655284",
        "published": "2026-08-27T02:58:35.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who turned hallucinations into art, dies at 97",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yayoi-kusama-japanese-artist-who-turned-hallucinations-into-art-dies",
        "published": "2026-08-27T03:01:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yayoi-kusama-who-splashed-polka-dots-across-art-world-dies-at-97-in",
        "published": "2026-08-27T03:23:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yayoi-kusama-who-splashed-polka-dots-across-art-world-dies-at-97-in-3667367",
        "published": "2026-08-27T03:29:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yayoi-kusama-who-splashed-polka-dots-across-art-world-dies-at-97-in-3664074",
        "published": "2026-08-27T04:27:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}