What are her Infinity Nets?

Paintings of repeated tiny loops

What are her Infinity Mirror Rooms?

Rooms of mirrors with lights that seem endless

Yayoi Kusama Quiz: Infinity Rooms, Polka Dots and Pumpkins

This Yayoi Kusama quiz steps into the endless reflections of Japan's most famous living artist. Play 10 interactive questions on her childhood in Matsumoto, polka dots and Infinity Nets, her years in New York, the first Infinity Mirror Room in 1965, the yellow pumpkin on Naoshima, the studio near the hospital where she lives, her Tokyo museum and fashion collaborations.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country is Yayoi Kusama from?
Town
In which Japanese city was she born?
Dots
Which pattern is Kusama famous for?
Nets
What are her Infinity Nets?
City
Which city did she move to in 1958?
Mirror
What are her Infinity Mirror Rooms?
Pumpkin
Where is her famous yellow pumpkin sculpture?
Life
Where has Kusama lived since 1977?
Museum
When did her museum in Tokyo open?
Fashion
Which fashion brand collaborated with her?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country is Yayoi Kusama from?
Answer: Japan
She was born in 1929.
Q2: In which Japanese city was she born?
Answer: Matsumoto
It is in Nagano Prefecture.
Q3: Which pattern is Kusama famous for?
Answer: Polka dots
They cover rooms and bodies.
Q4: What are her Infinity Nets?
Answer: Paintings of repeated tiny loops
They can cover huge canvases.
Q5: Which city did she move to in 1958?
Answer: New York
She joined the avant-garde scene.
Q6: What are her Infinity Mirror Rooms?
Answer: Rooms of mirrors with lights that seem endless
The first was in 1965.
Q7: Where is her famous yellow pumpkin sculpture?
Answer: Naoshima island
A typhoon swept it away in 2021.
Q8: Where has Kusama lived since 1977?
Answer: In a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo
Her studio is nearby.
Q9: When did her museum in Tokyo open?
Answer: 2017
It is in Shinjuku.
Q10: Which fashion brand collaborated with her?
Answer: Louis Vuitton
Dots covered bags and shops.

Endless Dots and Infinite Rooms

Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929. From childhood she experienced visions of patterns, and polka dots became her signature, covering canvases, sculptures, rooms and even people. Her Infinity Nets paintings repeat tiny loops across huge surfaces.

In 1958 she moved to New York and joined the avant-garde scene. In 1965 she created her first Infinity Mirror Room, using mirrors and objects to create endless reflections. Later rooms with lights and water draw long queues at museums around the world.

Since 1977 she has lived by choice in a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo, working at a studio nearby. Her yellow pumpkin on Naoshima island was swept away by a typhoon in 2021 and later reinstalled. Her museum in Tokyo opened in 2017, and Louis Vuitton has collaborated with her.

What This Quiz Teaches

Art fans will enjoy these questions.

Where she grew up
Which patterns she uses
What her mirror rooms are
Where her sculptures stand
How her life shapes her art

Did You Know?

Visitors get short timed visits in mirror rooms.
She wears bright red wigs.
She also writes poetry and novels.
Pumpkins remind her of childhood.
Her art explores self-obliteration.