Yayoi Kusama and the Amazing Polka-Dotted, Selfie-Made Journey to Greatness

​Now 88, Ms. Kusama works nonstop and, if you’re wondering, does all the painting herself, save for a ground color applied by assistants. Recently she shifted her workweek from five days to six, saving Sunday for writing, reading, talking on the phone and making smaller paintings. She and her art run the gamut from avant-garde to popular to outsider to whiz-bang conjuring. 

More important than
a map in the journey to
greatness: polka dots.
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