KUSAMA princess of polka dots

EVENTS

July 2012

Kusama retrospective opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art for the conclusion of its tour. The exhibition was organized by the Tate Modern Museum in London. Please see related blog:

www.dangerousminds.net

February 2012

Kusama retrospective opens at the Tate Modern Museum in London

October 2011

KUSAMA: Princess of Polka Dots receives Women in Film Finishing Fund with support from Netflix

http://www.wif.org/2011-fff-recipients

October 2011

Kusama retrospective opens at the Pompidou in Paris

May 2011

Kusama retrospective opens at Reina Sophia in Spain

May 2009

Kusama exhibition in Beverly Hills, CA at Gagosian Gallery opening on Saturday, May 30th, from 6-8pm.

www.gagosian.com

April 2009

Kusama exhibition in New York, NY at Gagosian Gallery opening on Thursday, April 16th, from 6-8pm

www.gagosian.com

October 2008

Please join us for FUNdraiser at Royal/T in Culver City on October 19th from 2-5pm. Please direct inquiries to: heather@kusamadocumentary.com

September 2008

Please look for an article by Director & Producer Heather Lenz in Issue #22 of the London based Specialten magazine titled, "Connecting The Dots. . . Yayoi Kusama's Anti-War Art."

May/June 2008

Interview with Heather Lenz about Kusama's anti-war art and the making of KUSAMA: Princess of Polka Dots published in Giant Robot magazine (issue #53). Article titled "Polka Dots For World Peace."

Spring 2008

The New York Times Style Magazine Posted the first 90 seconds of our promo tape at their website
www.nytimes.com

November 20th, 2007

Filmmaker Heather Lenz screened the trailer for the in-progress documentary "KUSAMA: Princess of Polka Dots," at the University of Akron.
www.akronartmuseum.org

July 13th, 2007

Trailer for the work-in-progress documentary "KUSAMA:
Princess of Polka Dots" screened at the Japan Society in NY as part of "JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film."
http://www.japansociety.org/events/

October 27th, 2006

Aurora Japanese Language Scholarship Benefit Dinner & Auction with singer Akira Fuse. Grant for dream project involving travel to Japan awarded to Heather Lenz.
http://www.rafu.com/j_fuse.html

June 2006

Filmmaker Heather Lenz lectured about Yayoi Kusama and the ways artists are portrayed in the media at the Sunland Psychoanalytic seminar - Adulation and Fear: Keeping the Artist at a Distance.