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Pushing the limits of infinity

Updated Aug 27, 2026, 11:06am EDT
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Graphic of Kusama: Infinity by Heather Lenz.

Kusama: Infinity by Heather Lenz.

The 2018 documentary follows the late Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died this month at the age of 97, from her conservative upbringing in Nagano, through her emergence as one of the mid-20th century’s leading artists, to her startling 1977 decision to live out the rest of her days in a Tokyo psychiatric hospital.

“There’s something oddly comforting about such a person serving as the subject for a documentary this respectful and traditional,” RogerEbert.com wrote. Watch Kusama: Infinity where you are.

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