TOKYO — Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, renowned for her iconic polka dots, has died at the age of 97, according to her studio. She passed away on August 14 at a hospital in Tokyo. Kusama’s…
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Ralph Eugene Cahoon Jr. (American 1910-1982), “PB 50 Palm Beach Galleries”, oil on masonite. Hung in Camp Deerlands at Whitney Park. Photo courtesy of Blanchard’s Auction Service Boats, bears and busts of bucks are traveling…
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Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who became a global superstar after decades living in a psychiatric hospital, has died at the age of 97. She passed away in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August….
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