00:00One of the world's most celebrated contemporary artists has died.
00:03Yayoi Kusama was 97.
00:05She was best known for her iconic polka dots,
00:08pumpkin sculptures, and immersive installations seen around the world.
00:11But behind those colorful dots was a much darker story.
00:15Kusama began experiencing vivid hallucinations when she was just 10 years old.
00:18She saw dots, nests, flowers multiplying around her,
00:22sometimes covering entire rooms and even her own body.
00:25In 1977, she checked herself into a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo.
00:30where she would live for the next 49 years.
00:32There, doctors encouraged her to use art as therapy,
00:35giving her a safe space to create in a nearby studio.
00:38She turned those once terrifying visions into art,
00:41eventually creating the polka dot style that would define her career.
00:44Her infinity mirror rooms drew millions of visitors,
00:47while her collaboration with Louis Vuitton helped make her one
00:50of the world's most recognizable artists.
00:53From hallucinations as a young girl to a global cultural icon,
00:57Kusama died on August 14th in Tokyo,
00:59but her death was only announced today.
01:01She continued creating art until her final days.
01:03I'm going to listen to you through the media.
01:06Thank you so much,
01:08Her presence is filtYour In the winter from Paris,
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