Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote. until 31 July 2021. Victoria Miro. London. United Kingdom.

Kusama’s thirteenth solo exhibition with the gallery is a major presentation of new works featuring a dynamic installation of paintings from the artist’s iconic My Eternal Soul series, bronze pumpkins, and painted soft sculptures.

Throughout her career, Yayoi Kusama has developed a unique and diverse body of work that, highly personal in nature, connects profoundly with global audiences. Continuing to address the twin themes of cosmic infinity and personal obsession, the works in this exhibition are testament to an artist at the height of her powers. The exhibition is accompanied by a special publication, available from July, that documents this ambitious presentation and features a personal and reflective text by the Japanese poet, critic and curator, Akira Tatehata.

Born in Matsumoto City, Japan, in 1929, Yayoi Kusama lives and works in Tokyo. She is one of the world’s most celebrated artists. Over the past decade there have been museum exhibitions of Kusama’s work touring the world in North America, Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Spain, England, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. In 2016, Kusama received the Order of Culture, one of the highest honours bestowed by the Imperial Family. Kusama is the first woman to be honoured with the prestigious medal for drawings and sculptures.