The Woman Who Covered the World in Polka Dots
She scattered 1,500 mirrored spheres across the Venice Biennale lawn and sold them for two dollars each until officials had her removed. She wrote to Richard Nixon offering to sleep with him if he'd end the Vietnam War. She has lived in a psychiatric hospital since 1977 — and walks across the street to her studio every morning. Meet Yayoi Kusama, the self-appointed High Priestess of Polka Dots.
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