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Yayoi Kusama next up for 2024 NGV summer exhibition

Melbourne's first major retrospective of Japan's famed nonagenarian artist is heading to the NGV next summer.

15 Apr 2024 13:34

Celina Lei

An elderly Japanese woman with bright red hair sits among multicoloured wall hangings and artworks.

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Yayoi Kusama, 2022. Image: © Yayoi Kusama.

Following on the heels of Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse and the NGV Triennial, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has been revealed as the next in line for the 2024 summer blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).

This ambitious presentation seeks to capture Kusama’s eight-decade career, from her early childhood drawings deeply affected by her hallucinations of dot-covered surroundings to the artist’s globally popularised Infinity Mirror Rooms.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_