Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms are coming to Tate Modern in London

Undated handout photo issued by the Tate Modern of the installation view of Chandelier of Grief by Yayoi Kusama. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday February 13, 2020. Tate Modern is to celebrate its 20th anniversary with the return of a giant spider. Nearly 100 million people have flocked to what is now the world's most-visited museum of modern and contemporary art since the Queen officially opened its doors on May 11 2000. See PA story ARTS Tate. Photo credit should read: Yayoi Kusama/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Chandelier of Grief is one of the rooms that will be at the Tate (Picture: Yayoi Kusama/PA Wire)

Can you believe it’s almost been 20 years of the Tate Modern?

As part of their two-decade birthday celebrations, the gallery will be showing Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms.

The Japanese contemporary artist has been having something of a renaissance recently, and you likely saw her famous polka-dot pumpkins all over your Instagram feed when they were displayed at the Victoria Miro Gallery in 2018.

Her work is now coming back to the capital as part of a presentation called Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms, which will look back at her career and body of work.

It will feature two of the artist’s iconic ‘Infinity Mirror Rooms’, which show different lights and images in (you’ve guessed it) mirrored rooms to create an everlasting effect.

The immersive rooms are stunning to look at, and even more engulfing to be in. It’s not one to be missed.

Undated handout photo issued by the Tate Modern of the installation view of Infinity Mirrored Room ??? Filled with the Brilliance of Life by Yayoi Kusama at the Tate Modern in London. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday February 13, 2020. Tate Modern is to celebrate its 20th anniversary with the return of a giant spider. Nearly 100 million people have flocked to what is now the world's most-visited museum of modern and contemporary art since the Queen officially opened its doors on May 11 2000. See PA story ARTS Tate. Photo credit should read: Yayoi Kusama/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
The second is called Filled with the Brilliance of Life (Picture: Yayoi Kusama/PA Wire_

Alongside these two rooms, there will be unearthed photography from Yayoi Kusama’s time creating the works, providing context to why and how they were made.

The exhibition will last for a full year, starting on May 11 and running to May 9, 2021, in the George Economou gallery.

Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Christopher Jue/EPA-EFE/REX (9081793e) Yayoi Kusama Opening of Yayoi Kusama Museum and inaugural exhibition, Tokyo, Japan - 26 Sep 2017 Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama attends a media preview of the Yayoi Kusama Museum and her latest works in Tokyo, Japan, 26 September 2017. The museum's key mission is to be welcoming, educational and to provide inspiration for all audiences to reflect Kusama's message of world peace and human love. The inaugural exhibition of Yayoi Kusama focuses on her latest painting series titled 'My Eternal Soul' showcasing 16 works from this colorful canvas collection and 27 works from the monochrome drawing collection 'Love Forever.' The museum will open to the public on 01 October 2017.
Kusama is known for her repetitive patterns and shapes (Picture: Christopher Jue/EPA-EFE/REX)

Tickets go on sale March 2, and although it’s free for Tate members, there will be a small charge for non-members.

As well as Kusama, Tate will be showing work by other artists such as Louise Bourgeois and Lee Mingwei.

Frances Morris, director of Tate Modern, said in a statement: ‘We want to highlight some of the artists Tate Modern has championed over the past 20 years: Kusama and Bourgeois, for example, not only represent our commitment to great artists with truly international careers, but they also embody art’s journey from the avant-gardes of the early 20th century to the immersive installations being created today.’

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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/14/yayoi-kusamas-infinity-rooms-coming-tate-modern-london-12241471/
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