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Yayoi Kusama: why this 96-year-old artist’s show is the most popular in Australian history

By the time the NGV exhibition of works by the Japanese favourite ends, more than half a million people will have seen it

The Guardian - AU

Cyndi Lauper review – a freedom fighter’s swan song

Forty years after her feminist breakout hit, the New York singer bows out of live performance with a show rich in colourful pop and personal anecdotes, while never losing sight of women’s basic rights…

The Guardian - UK

Titanic talents, fabulous florals and a river of black stone – the week in art

Emii Alrai homes in on Vesuvius, Cézanne and Manet go on display and Yayoi Kusama shows us her green fingers

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Art of reinvention: Victoria Beckham teams up with Sotheby’s as curator

High-end designer hosts work by some of biggest names of 20th and 21st century at London fashion store

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Pirates invade Falmouth, camels trek London and Aus goes gaga for Kusama – the week in art

Yayoi lands in Melbourne, the Silk Road runs through the British Museum and corsairs real and fictional dock in Cornwall – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Everyone will want to see Yayoi Kusama at the NGV. Those who don’t will spend a lifetime regretting it

Now aged 95, Yayoi Kusama for many decades has been considered one of the most influential contemporary artists. She works across a wide range of art forms, including sculpture and installations, painting, graphic arts, fashion, video art, performance and writing.

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Yayoi Kusama in Melbourne: Instagram’s favourite artist dazzles in a blockbuster show

The 95-year-old is now one of the most popular artists in the world, for her cheeky pumpkins and infinity rooms – but it is her fascinating early works that make this NGV exhibition great

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Step into an infinite polka dot universe at Kusama show

Yayoi Kusama offers an experience of infinity at her National Gallery of Victoria retrospective, which is the biggest ever show of her work in Australia.

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Boulevard goes dotty for Japan's art superstar

For artist Yayoi Kusama, polka dots represent infinity. For Australia's biggest exhibition of her art, more than 60 trees will be wrapped in her signature dots.

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‘Symbol of energy’: Polka dots hit fashion’s sweet spot this summer

From Centre Court to the bus stop to Biden, dots are everywhere and brands cannot restock quickly enough

The Guardian - UK

London’s new ‘tram-bus’ & Yayoi Kusama’s public art pumpkin ...The Standard podcast

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Evening Standard

Polka-dot pumpkin sculpture sent to the Serpentine 'with love'

The sculpture is on show until November in Kensington Gardens

Evening Standard

‘Want to be a real artist? Keep going!’: Cyndi Lauper at 71 on self-doubt, success – and surviving sexual assault

She’s the subject of a new documentary, has just announced her farewell tour, and is about to play Glastonbury. The singer and songwriter discusses Trump, resilience and why she hated being pitted against Madonna

The Guardian - UK

As Art Basel opens, buyers confront a 'cooling' but still very active market

Multi-million-dollar works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama and Alberto Giacometti went on the market this week as fair Art Basel opened in Switzerland

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Step inside a painting, travel in VR pods: Here’s how immersive technology is changing the global art world

Art meets technology in these immersive experiences making art less intimidating and more accessible

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Lehrmann loses defamation case; Israel calls for sanctions on Iran; and the nostalgic Neopets revival

Justice Michael Lee found former Liberal staffer was not defamed by Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten when The Project broadcast an interview with Brittany Higgins

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Yayoi Kusama polka dots take over NGV for blockbuster

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama will hold one of her biggest exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria.

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Yayoi Kusama exhibition to bring art star’s infinity rooms and polka dots to NGV

The National Gallery of Victoria will show eight decades of work by the Japanese artist who’s become an Instagram favourite in her 90s

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The Guardian - AU

Monet, Kusama and very good dog art: regional Australia’s big summer exhibitions

In the 2023-24 summer period, a slew of major works and exhibitions is on offer in Australia’s regions, from big names to a blockbuster showcase of Yolŋu art

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Giant polka dot pumpkin sculpture lands in Australia

A large polka dot pumpkin by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is being unveiled on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

The Guardian - UK

Brand aid: have Britain’s arts venues sold out to The Man?

Manchester’s Aviva Studios is the latest venue to give its naming rights to the highest bidder. Is corporate sponsorship a necessity for the survival of the arts?

The Conversation

Six must-see summer exhibitions – reviewed by our experts

Looking for something to do this Summer? Our experts have gone to some of the best exhibitions around the UK and given us their take on it. From retrospectives of painter Peter Howson’s work in Edinburgh and filmmaker Brian Desmond Hurst’s work in Belfast to a groundbreaking photography exhibition in…

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Outdated pattern trends – the 4 overdone looks that designers say will date your home

Banana leaves and polka dots are just some of the patterns feeling overdone in 2023. Here’s what designers predict are the emerging new patterns

The Guardian - UK

Aviva Studios, Manchester review – where’s the joy?

Designed by to morph from small-scale to vast and host the city’s international festival, Manchester’s new £211m complex feels like a missed opportunity

Manchester Evening News

My trip to the library has reminded me there’s always something new to discover in Manchester

Welcome to M.E.N. Unwind - our selection of some of our favourite Manchester Evening News reads this Saturday morning to help you relax and reflect. Grab a brew, take some time for yourself and dive in - your weekend starts here

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