Painting has been central to Yayoi Kusama’s practice since the 1950s, when she developed her renowned Infinity Net series — vast canvases covered in dense, repetitive brushstrokes. Over the decades, she expanded her visual vocabulary, incorporating bold colours, biomorphic shapes and her iconic polka dots, which symbolise both cosmic infinity and personal obsession. Kusama’s paintings often explore themes of self-identity, hallucination and the dissolution of boundaries between the self and the universe. Her vibrant, large-scale paintings continue to push the limits of abstraction, surrealism and personal mythology.