Yayoi Kusama

On view from 12 October 2025 to 25 January 2026, the Fondation Beyeler will present the first major retrospective in Switzerland devoted to the celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Organised in close collaboration with the artist and her studio, the exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of Kusama’s extraordinary seven-decade career—from her earliest works in postwar Japan to her internationally acclaimed practice today.

Bringing together over 300 works from collections in Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Sweden, France, and Switzerland, the exhibition will feature a remarkable range of paintings, sculptures, installations, and archival materials.

More than 130 works will be shown in Europe for the first time. Highlights include Kusama’s mesmerising early paintings, the iconic Infinity Nets and Accumulation sculptures, Narcissus Garden (1966/2025), as well as Infinity Mirrored Room – Illusion Inside the Heart (2025) and a newly commissioned immersive environment created especially for the exhibition.

Following its presentation at the Fondation Beyeler, the exhibition will travel to Museum Ludwig in Cologne (14 March – 2 August 2026) and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (11 September 2026 – 17 January 2027).

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