Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama died at the age of 97 on August 14 in Tokyo, her company said Thursday. The avant-garde artist known as the “polka dot queen” had channelled her hallucinations and traumas into her work over the course of a career spanning several decades.
Source: [France24](https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260827-japanese-avant-garde-artist-yayoi-kusama-dies-at-97)