8 interesting facts about polka-dot queen, artist Yayoi Kusama

Kusama reveals an innovative mind that makes her works iconic.

Yayoi Kusama in front of her latest work Life is the Heart of a Rainbow. 2017. Acrylic on canvas. 194cm x 194cm. ©YAYOI KUSAMA, Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore, Victoria Miro, London, David Zwirner, New York
Yayoi Kusama in front of her latest work Life is the Heart of a Rainbow. 2017. Acrylic on canvas. 194cm x 194cm. ©YAYOI KUSAMA, Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore, Victoria Miro, London, David Zwirner, New York
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On 9th June 2017, National Gallery Singapore will be holding its much-anticipated exhibition featuring artist Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow will be South East Asia's first major survey of her work, showing a side of the 88-year-old doyenne beyond her famed polka-dots and red wig. The much-anticipated exhibition will feature her Instagram-worthy Infinity Mirror rooms and her latest works from her My Eternal Soul series.

Here are eight things you should know about Kusama before visiting the exhibition.

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