{"id":587471,"date":"2026-09-02T01:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T01:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/587471\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T01:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T01:58:09","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\/nz\/587471\/","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\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxQV3FTVzJwOTd1eDdwQWc0TWhlZ1IySVhnVDJhYldNWWZEUkpCRGRPV2Q3aXU0Njd4X2VNSjdJSGFmcGhERmR3LTZiQ3FLZTNYVjRxWUlxUGVUekFiODloLTlHZEUyY0FtazRwZ1ptV245UU5yMWdpSy02UzhrZTFsQXRhMy1QUzQ1eEswUlBVV251T01HZHM4elJ4YWFueUpyVXE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018She inspired my proposal\u2019: Readers on Yayoi Kusama<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPVkF3dEpYbDlxdmtUdXV0TEF6TWFkbzZVd29OaXlrejBzdVNUXzlyQlppcHQySklmTDJZYUpKUmxxQldrY20yTmN4aTdnZGcybnpCTC1vTVZWQVctNk5vVURhSWc0S0hRWVRtYkllbmV5Y1dXY1JCVGVGSWdCZENYWDBFbzFMdmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Genius of Yayoi Kusama in Three Works<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTFBVNE1BUGwxXzh4dGFtc3o1UUJVZDVuR2t4cVdrU25zU2x5Y0sxenc4dkd0WE1vUnltWk5lZDVBTlJsRWduaHY2aXM3Y3J3VUVRRnhWeEJDQXYxMWk5ZE13VzkxeUNxNGJweVdj0gFzQVVfeXFMUDBGZ2ZENzg4UXNYNVU0T21odk1UUm56dHlPXzFpWU1VN3h5RXRVelJWbXN0cTBJY0tRSG1fSmRVZlpaS3lkRFlFY3ZGbDc3MnlVV1U5WDJFSi1YU0NlaGlNWG91T19oNmhwZ25yUXNYemtLYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yayoi Kusama, Era-Defining Artist of Dots, Mirrors, and Infinity, Dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Artnet News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE52LTlWb2Fmd2NzTWJHczdHUDVQRFA1Vm96RHpBOGI2RW1PYlFYSjlZQVpxNGZRSnZ1azd6QTUxQTYyUkFMQ1FHS1RzRkx4THZfekNxNFIwdTJvUDVkNExtUDh3akowRmg1dEYtOEFib2p4eGYxTUt2UlhxRDFKQ00?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trailblazing artist Yayoi Kusama, \u2018princess of polka dots,\u2019 dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Japan Times<\/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":587472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-587471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587471","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=587471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}