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Yayoi Kusama’s polka dots were never just dots

Yayoi Kusama, who died at 97 last month, turned hallucinations and a fear of self-obliteration into a global visual language.

Yayoi Kusama’s polka dots were never just dots

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Yayoi Kusama, who died at 97 last month, turned hallucinations and a fear of self-obliteration into a global visual language.

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Yayoi Kusama, who died at 97 last month, turned hallucinations and a fear of self-obliteration into a global visual language.

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