AcquisitionAugust 3, 2017

Dallas Museum of Art Announces Acquisition of Yayoi Kusama Mirror Room

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) announced the acquisition of Yayoi Kusama's All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins (2016), one of the artist's signature Infinity Mirror Rooms. The installation is the first mirror pumpkin room created by Kusama since 1991, and the only Infinity Mirror Room of its kind in a North American collection. The work has been acquired through the generous support of collectors Cindy and Howard Rachofsky and will be on view October 1, 2017 through February 25, 2018. "All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins provides opportunities to explore a range of contemporary art movements within our collection, as well as the undeniable influence of Kusama across decades," said Agustín Arteaga, the DMA's Eugene McDermott Director. "We are excited to share this boundary-pushing, experiential work with our visitors and to be the only museum in North America to have one of Kusama's pumpkin-themed mirror rooms represented in our collection." With All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, Kusama incorporates one of her quintessential symbols, the spotted pumpkin. With this more recent work, Kusama expands on the 1991 Mirror Room by allowing viewers to step inside the mirrored space and fully immerse themselves in Kusama's creation, becoming part of the art.
Dallas Museum of Art Announces Acquisition of Yayoi Kusama Mirror Room | artnexus