Yayoi Kusama closes KUSAMA’s POP in Tokyo
Published on 08/21/2026 at 14:27 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael MĂĽller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Yayoi Kusama closes KUSAMA’s POP in Tokyo this month. The Yayoi Kusama Museum says the exhibition runs through August 30, 2026, with timed entry and advance ticketing. Yayoi Kusama Museum current exhibition
KUSAMA's POP in Tokyo
KUSAMA’s POP is built around Kusama’s relation to Pop Art in New York in the 1960s. The museum frames the show around collages, mannequin-based sculpture, self-portraits, and a newly unveiled mirror room.
The current display also places recent large-scale paintings and sculptures beside earlier works. That creates a compact survey of repetition, color, and obsessive image-making across decades.
The museum schedule
The museum lists the run as Thursday, April 16 - Sunday, August 30, 2026. It is open Thursdays to Sundays and national holidays, with timed admission slots from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
Tickets cost JPY 1,100 for adults and JPY 600 for children aged 6 to 18. The museum also states that tickets must be bought in advance online.
All news and background on Yayoi Kusama
More background on Kusama's exhibitions, museum projects, and work groups in one place.
How Kusama builds the image
Kusama works across painting, sculpture, installation, performance, and print. Her practice returns again and again to dots, mirrored space, flowers, and repeated units that turn simple motifs into dense fields.
The official site also points to the breadth of her current exhibition history in 2026, including Cologne and Amsterdam. That underlines how her work travels well between museum survey and immersive installation.
Where Kusama stands now
Yayoi Kusama currently has an announced exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from September 11, 2026 to January 17, 2027.
Yayoi Kusama at a glance
- Artist: Yayoi Kusama
- Medium / Genre: Painting, sculpture, installation, performance
- Born: 1929, Matsumoto, Japan
- Place(s) of practice: Tokyo
- Active since: 1950s
- Key work groups: Infinity Mirror Rooms, Accumulation, Dots Obsession, Flowers
- Current/last exhibition: KUSAMA’s POP, Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo, April 16, 2026 - August 30, 2026
- Major collections: MoMA (New York), Tate (London), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Museum Ludwig (Cologne)
- Awards: Praemium Imperiale, 2006
- Next date: September 11, 2026, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Frequently asked questions about Yayoi Kusama
Where is Yayoi Kusama currently on view?
KUSAMA’s POP runs at the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo through August 30, 2026.
What does KUSAMA’s POP focus on?
The museum says the show traces Kusama's pop language through collages, mannequin works, self-portraits, and a mirror room.
What is the next announced Kusama exhibition?
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam lists a Kusama exhibition from September 11, 2026 to January 17, 2027.
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