Facts about Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms

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   Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms are held in private and museum collections worldwide, including major institutions such as the Tate Modern in London.

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   Blockbuster exhibitions of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms at the Hirshhorn Museum in 2017 drew such demand that visitors waited hours for a 45-second viewing.

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   The Infinity Mirror Rooms are a series Kusama began creating in the 1960s, with the first, Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli's Field, made in 1965.

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   Each Infinity Room by Yayoi Kusama is entered by only a small number of visitors at a time, often just one or two, to preserve the immersive effect.

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   Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms use mirrored walls, LED lights, and small pools of water to create the illusion of endless, recurring space.

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