Yayoi Kusama Retrospective Opens at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has just launched an important retrospective of Yayoi Kusama, who was born in Matsumoto in 1929 and passed away in Tokyo in 2026. This exhibition, which has previously been shown at Fondation Beyeler in Basel and Museum Ludwig in Cologne, represents the final project with the artist before her death in August. It includes pieces from her entire career, featuring early works from Japan, iconic New York pieces like Infinity Nets and Aggregation: One Thousand Boats (1963), as well as her well-known polka-dot pumpkins. Curated by Leontine Coelewij, around fifty pieces, many of which are new to the public, were sourced from various museums in Japan. The exhibition runs until January 17, 2027, at Museumplein 10, Amsterdam.
Key facts
- The exhibition opened at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
- It is a touring project previously shown at Fondation Beyeler in Basel and Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
- It is the last exhibition in which Yayoi Kusama collaborated before her death in August.
- The show includes works from all periods of Kusama's production, from early Japan works to New York period pieces like Infinity Nets and Aggregation: One Thousand Boats (1963).
- About fifty works are exhibited for the first time, according to curator Leontine Coelewij.
- Works are drawn from various Japanese museums, including those in Tokyo and Matsumoto.
- A new Infinity Room titled The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Eternally Cover the Universe is inaugurated.
- The exhibition runs until January 17, 2027, at Stedelijk Museum, Museumplein 10, Amsterdam.
Entities
Artists
- Yayoi Kusama
- Leontine Coelewij
- Daniel Birnbaum
- Jacqui Davies
- Cerith Wyn Evans
- Isa Genzken
- Tomás Saraceno
- Mark Leckey
- Rirkrit Tiravanija
- Elaine Sturtevant
- Man Ray
Institutions
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- Fondation Beyeler
- Museum Ludwig
- AFP
- Stedelijk Museum
- Ota Fine Arts
- David Zwirner
- Matsumoto City Museum of Art
- Yayoi Kusama Museum
- Yayoi Kusama Foundation
- Guggenheim Museum
- OGR Torino
- SMAC Venice San Marco Art Venice
- ARTnews
Locations
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Cologne
- Germany
- Matsumoto
- Japan
- Tokyo
- New York
- United States
- Chelsea
- Turin
- Italy