Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, the ‘polka dot queen’, dies at 97

TOKYO – Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, renowned worldwide for her distinctive polka dots, nets and infinity motifs, has died at the age of 97, her company announced on Thursday. Kusama died in a Tokyo hospital on August 14, according to the statement, which described her as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose work spanned visual