The Most Popular Artist in the World

Installation view of Yayoi Kusama's exhibition Infinite Obsession at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires- Fundación Costantini, dated 2013.

Yayoi Kusama  Installation view of Infinite Obsession at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) - Fundación Costantini (2013)

Installation view of Yayoi Kusama's exhibition Infinite Obsession at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires- Fundación Costantini, dated 2013.

Yayoi Kusama  Installation view of Infinite Obsession at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) - Fundación Costantini (2013)

Installation view of Yayoi Kusama's exhibition Infinite Obsession at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires- Fundación Costantini, dated 2013.

Yayoi Kusama  Installation view of Infinite Obsession at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) - Fundación Costantini (2013) Visitors lining up to see the exhibition on its final day

 

2015

Yayoi Kusama was named the world's most popular artist in 2015 by various news outlets, based on annual figures reported by The Art Newspaper for global museum attendance. Over 2 million people visited her retrospective Infinite Obsession, which traveled throughout South and Central America.