Polka dots are Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama's lifelong inspiration, obsession and passion. And so they're everywhere -- not only on canvases but on installations shaped like gnarled ...

It never occurred to Yayoi Kusama that after more than 50 years as an avant-garde artist, she would at long last receive the international, admiring attention that always eluded her with the help of a ...

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, wearing a bright red wig and a Louis Vuitton polka dot scarf, speaks during an interview at her studio in Tokyo.

Neanderthal Minimalism? Are contemporary dot-errific artists Yayoi Kusama and Damien Hirst being subconsciously influenced by their prehistoric ancestors? Or did some prehistoric gallery forget to ...