08/27/2026
“When I arrived in New York, action painting was the rage, de Kooning, Po***ck and others. I wanted to be completely detached from that and start a new art movement. I painted obsessional, monochromatic paintings from morning till night.”
We are deeply saddened by the passing of legendary artist Yayoi Kusama, whose works in a variety of media—from sculpture, drawing, and collage to room-sized installations and performances staged with mirrors and polka dots—will always capture our imagination.
Her series of Infinity Net paintings are among her most acclaimed works, with intricate net-like patterns sitting atop the ambiguous space of a black background and spreading across the canvas from edge to edge, as if to continue on into the world outside the picture. “No. Green. No. I” is a particularly detailed and early example made during a ten-year period starting in 1958 when the Japanese artist lived in New York and produced a variety of experimental works.
We will forever be inspired by Kusama’s legacy. 💜
🖼️ Yayoi Kusama. “No. Green. No. I.” 1961. Baltimore Museum of Art, Edith Ferry Hooper Bequest Fund, BMA 1996.11. © Yayoi Kusama
