Yayoi Kusama, avant-garde artist known for polka dots and mirrored rooms, dies at 97
The Japanese artist, celebrated for her Infinity Mirror Rooms and pumpkin sculptures, died Aug. 14 at a Tokyo hospital.

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Kusama voluntarily entered a mental hospital around 1977, a few years after returning to Japan from New York.
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Kusama's death was announced by her studio in a statement on her website.
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