
By Mutsumi Morita / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
13:43 JST,
September 8, 2024
“I will rule this city,” Yayoi Kusama thought while looking down on New York, the center of contemporary art, from the Empire State Building. The now 95-year-old avant-garde artist, who came to the city from Japan via Seattle in 1958, promised herself that she would take over the art world.
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