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  "title": "Yayoi Kusama, queen of polka dots who created a psychedelic, feminist and surrealist universe, dies at 97",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yayoi-kusama-queen-of-polka-dots-who-created-a-psychedelic-feminist",
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  "summary": "The Japanese visual artist's famous polka dots are just one part of her body of work, as she continually reinvented herself over seven decades, from Japan to the US.",
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        "title": "Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo",
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        "title": "Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo",
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        "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",
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "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",
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