{"id":581904,"date":"2026-08-27T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581904\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:50:09","slug":"japanese-artist-yayoi-kusama-who-splashed-polka-dots-across-the-world-dies-at-97-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581904\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the world, dies at 97 &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNNHVLWlJWOS1FalpKdDlSLTBjRS1fcEZPbGFXdVRSc3ZNOE1LTjVLLXlaTFhqWnJpQ2xER2E1SWVRLTNqTWVQZ0J6YUpXZDVJMGM1dEVIZkptNjRub21nVmVJRXZtZjZzWk4tZEtuM0o2eGdRY0NhME5LVEdwdUpYRDZyX0otdUdoNHc4UnJKaV80TU55c1F5OWM4UTJRWi1BdUhialNR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the world, dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPcTF6ZFpSR2h3M1ZzaDFPcElRTWRxNG5ZSnhYNzVWVmFBTEtNei13aVVOamxhcjd2NFlPS2F1RU5LSG9UYWxTeGJxY0N2TDliaS1hTjVFemxFbFMtV1hRdnNFbExLcjRYbkZmM2pqOWVKdFRhelo3RDl4dTl3X3dXSjJwdHZaNXBQUlNHQXY0UzlzeEdo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPUjRFdVl0bXB4Y3dzOTg2azdGa3R5X0ZvVnNraHBMUjh0NHo0STdxQ0JrcHJxWFNiTHJ4YTRmV0dPWFg0Ny1OZl96cVE5T2dMcVBkZkNaUlJTS0lVQjhSWnRob2VpNlFPWTZ0cDFhNmNpWkxEeDF6TzRIbkdubEZ4RTA3VklUR1pnZy1RcEE3bk1Rd2s?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama has died, aged 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE4zaFUzSHBrbTVRZ2xncEhvRzU0U05SYTUwTFVhV1NQbVdlNFFxa2VDdnM0SnU0VzNvOEJzcWE5NnNJNXh3cFpNU1dlUDFKZGo3RzRXU0x5RTVJcnF3RWJvVS1NWXhtM3I3ZVNOSEZsWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist Who Expanded and Endured, Dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOMVdmUkhDU0x6SVU3WkdvQk9QOWZTcDN6NnFmWFpwWTRsSGlNZU9xWlFtZ1VXTzB6d0ZPWnhqQV9vZnJfY05hXzVNZTBBLVlfajBzdVZreDBjVkZOVG1Tb2xVaE9lblJTMHFfZVd0dlplT19IVWVZXzVfcnFYdGpUWTNVRjZCZjltcEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who turned hallucinations into art, dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the world, dies at 97&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffYayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-581904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}