{"id":876754,"date":"2026-09-01T23:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876754\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T23:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:28:08","slug":"before-the-infinity-nets-there-was-the-pacific-ocean-what-origin-stories-focusing-on-yayoi-kusamas-mental-illness-miss-about-her-art-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876754\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the infinity nets, there was \u2018The Pacific Ocean\u2019 \u2013 what origin stories focusing on Yayoi Kusama\u2019s mental illness miss about her art &#8211; The Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxONUFaMUljSUxSSmc3bV91Y003amtYUDJ6N2pEcDVGX21vVkJQTnlPRi1LNGdIRUZ5SktkLUJ5eEJrOFhFWTd3MjNiQTZWbUFra21DeDZPYjFtMlpwUFdobWlFSVl2SHhxTXM5Skk0aHh6NHVvT0h2eHp3NUM5b2M3YnRLdVZRa25zeExYTHRPelVMWVRnVmxWNGE2c2ZENnhIZXgxeU5tXzNHS3VSaE03b3pJeDI2RlA1RDJJdUdjazlLLTdsZll5MFlUczZCTUFTUlgwYUtvSHhRZHc2RzQzZnM4WmRQV19qMWhVcFg0em1ldWN3VndzWmRHdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Before the infinity nets, there was \u2018The Pacific Ocean\u2019 \u2013 what origin stories focusing on Yayoi Kusama\u2019s mental illness miss about her art<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE40bHJXcGJTV2JRTGxjY08wRE9HanZVbk94TkxMY3ZOZjdNUXdtRGl5T2RXdkU5UnVXUzNsS0Z5VlpLOHpSRTZZNEtweFlLMl91dnI0YmtmZEljUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In pictures: The dotty world of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOUzB0eUk0T3Jkd2QyNzVEc3Z5SnZweEt1ZjlORVJSbmN3Tl9sOFczbGJLYzFUT2dXbnhWTjJqN0dCWkJ5Tl9WWDZVMU1ISmgyUEtkaV90RHVJcDNseTNzcGY1eDgtcUkwbTduSU9mM28yNERRSUNmbGFfbzIyemhlUkItRGY5TV9kWEZSUHVGSnRGbmtRTnNLS2JkUVFRLVpJeExMMmRaQTMtNXRwMlJZOHBXZXNoX09ZaVZsWg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6gFBVV95cUxOTXpaZHRXX3NPVWtydFAwZmh2R3BobWo3VmFYWUQxYzFWS1haMmM2OVNxTEkxbnVULVJqTUNOSnBVWmdKVkZsLVNuT19OSGNmNFRrX1lnYl9HdV9ITElVd2JWa0JUQmh2ZHVNMFg4RFZKTEc1SHdJWHZYMFN1dlhxaEdmREh0Wm5GbnI3RHdxcHRhaVVWSnJhclFsLWk1WkQ0ZnNORWRjRWM3bU0wQVNMeHlydUFUWkRpME42X0FKMU5TZ1d1OEZCQUpmQTQ1V29kYVZGSFJhUlhnUTA2UmJVV3JuWDlwWC1KbUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yayoi Kusama, queen of polka dots, dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOQVlTT1FPTFFGejRJMURNTDFTOHExU05fbzFnWDVoYm1JaVpkUWR5bjkxOHdfdm5YVUxJOEtIQWtJWE1zNEJwbXpMbV9rV0VYRGdaUEhLZi1fbVhpTlZkWmRPRUtOOFVmWlVVX25JNFViaXZRSGRDZC1XNjJ3dFN6T2oxUFhBb3B1Q2YwLWItcTk3UEtHY0J4MEMzSVQ5THJQSXplOW5VNjhWbHBvZ3hrTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japanese renegade Yayoi Kusama, famous for her polka dot art, dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AFR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the infinity nets, there was \u2018The Pacific Ocean\u2019 \u2013 what origin stories focusing on Yayoi Kusama\u2019s mental&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-876754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}