Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins

Ticketed. Free for members.
Tickets are $17, with discounted rates for students, children, and seniors.
Press Release

Open exclusively for members and Founders Society July 14–16, 2026.
Extended members-only hours: 11 a.m.–noon Tuesdays–Fridays and 10 a.m.–noon Saturdays and Sundays.

The exhibition will be free for members and nonmembers every Thursday evening from 5–8 p.m. and on Friday, July 31, August 28, and September 25, from 5–9 p.m. during Art After Dark. Tickets must also be reserved online in advance for free entry times.

Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins (2016) features an array of yellow gourds of various sizes, adorned with black polka dots, that are surrounded by mirrors. The result is an immersive installation that allows the visitor to become part of the artwork as they seemingly enter an infinite field of glowing pumpkins.

All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins illustrates Kusama’s characteristic themes, including infinity, the sublime, and obsessive repetition. The artist has described the pumpkin—one of her quintessential symbols—as a form of self-portraiture. A rare assemblage of a dozen Pumpkin acrylic paintings on canvas made between 1990-2004 will also greet gallery visitors, courtesy of the Masterworks Foundation.

Kusama’s career spans more than seven decades, and her Infinity Mirror Rooms are some of her most experimental and iconic works, often incorporating a variety of illuminated objects. Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli’s Field (1965) was Kusama’s first installation to use mirrors to create a sense of endless space, featuring a floor covered in hundreds of red-spotted, white fabric-stuffed tubes. Kusama’s mirrored installations represented an innovative step in the emergence of an increasingly experiential practice. In each work, the visitor’s reflection seems to extend into infinity while they simultaneously have an intimate and individualized room experience.

All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins draws on Kusama’s seminal pumpkin room, Mirror Room (Pumpkin) (1991), which was shown at for the Japanese Pavilion at the 1993 Biennale Arte in Venice.

Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins is on loan from the Dallas Museum of Art.

Accessing the Exhibition
Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins is a fully immersive installation. Please bear in mind the following requirements.

Entrance is limited to two people at any one time and is timed based, allowing each group of visitors 1 minute and 30 seconds in the installation.
To enter the room there is a 2-foot-long ramp transitioning a 2” rise without handrails.
The viewing space inside the room is approximately 30” wide. Please take this into consideration if you’re a user of a mobility device.
For individuals using a mobility device, please be advised that you will exit the room by moving backwards through the same door and down the ramp as you entered.
As with all exhibitions, a gallery attendant will be present in the room at all times. It is not the responsibility of the attendant to provide assistance in any way to visitors, or to supervise unattended children under the age of 15 while adults are inside the installation.
Inside the room visitors should anticipate changes in light and sound and reflective elements. Some visitors may find the changes in sensory input disorienting.
The space may not be suitable for visitors that experience claustrophobia.

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