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  "id": 3816540,
  "title": "Infinity Mirror Rooms artist, Yayoi Kusama, dead at 97. Her polka-dotted life in pictures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/infinity-mirror-rooms-artist-yayoi-kusama-dead-at-97-her-polka-dotted",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-27T20:17:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/yayoi-kusama-life-in-pictures-9.7322744"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Artist Yayoi Kusama, who has died at 97, was one of Japan's most revered contemporary artists. Her work was exhibited around the world, often prompting long queues as people flocked to see her colourful, immersive installation art.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Yayoi Kusama controversy: Who was late Japanese artist who died 97? All about racist comments, anti-war protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yayoi-kusama-controversy-who-was-late-japanese-artist-who-died-97-all",
        "published": "2026-08-27T04:17:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "In pictures: The dotty world of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who has died aged 97",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/in-pictures-the-dotty-world-of-japanese-artist-yayoi-kusama-who-has",
        "published": "2026-08-27T09:23:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Japan's Yayoi Kusama, who turned hallucinations into art, dies at 97",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/japans-yayoi-kusama-who-turned-hallucinations-into-art-dies-at-97",
        "published": "2026-08-27T10:52:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Artist Yayoi Kusama, known for polka dot creations, dies aged 97",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/artist-yayoi-kusama-known-for-polka-dot-creations-dies-aged-97",
        "published": "2026-08-27T12:44:42.000Z"
      }
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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."
}