KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE BUS TRIP
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Departs: 7:30 AM / Bee Street Commuter Lot
Destination: NY Botanical Garden
Return: 6:00 PM (estimated)
Cost: $104/per person*
Departs: 7:30 AM / Bee Street Commuter Lot
Destination: NY Botanical Garden
Return: 6:00 PM (estimated)
Cost: $104/per person*
Sponsored by Meriden Parks & Recreation Department
This is one hot ticket! “Kusama: Cosmic Nature” at the New York Botanical Garden is a major exhibition of the work of celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, including the Mirrored Infinity Room, Monumental Polka Dot Pumpkins, participatory greenhouse installation and more!
Spend the day on your own enjoying the grounds.** Your “Kusama Plus Pass” includes entrance to all of the Kusama exhibits as well as the narrated tram throughout the garden. There is also a delightful gift shop and cafe! |
Who is Yayoi Kusama?
“Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan . . .”
source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama Photo: By 文部科学省ホームページ, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63881970 |
THE BUZZ ABOUT KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE
“A ‘Landmark’ Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Will Spread Across New York Botanical Garden in 2020” – am New York
“Yayoi Kusama Is Bringing Her Massive Pumpkins and Mirrored Infinity Rooms to the Bronx for an Expansive Show Next Spring” – artnet News
“Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’ Exhibit Coming to New York Botanical Garden” – Gothamist
“Where to See Yayoi Kusama’s Art Around the World in 2020” – Conde Nast Traveler
“Yayoi Kusama Will Debut New Artworks at Major U.S. Exhibit in 2020” – Afar
“Yayoi Kusama Is Bringing Her Massive Pumpkins and Mirrored Infinity Rooms to the Bronx for an Expansive Show Next Spring” – artnet News
“Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’ Exhibit Coming to New York Botanical Garden” – Gothamist
“Where to See Yayoi Kusama’s Art Around the World in 2020” – Conde Nast Traveler
“Yayoi Kusama Will Debut New Artworks at Major U.S. Exhibit in 2020” – Afar
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Subject to change or cancellation without notice. This is not an offer. No other offers apply. Cost per person is based on 30 to 35 people.
Tour is arranged by Friendship Tours / The Ship Shop. FT / TSS arranges components of the tours and does not own or operate the independent suppliers of services including motor coaches. Trips modified or cancelled are at the discretion of the cruise line/supplier. Trip Protection insurance is strongly recommended. Friendship Tours / The Ship Shop reserves the right to adjust the cost based on fuel surcharges. |
Header Image: Kusama with Pumpkin, 2010 © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo / Singapore / Shanghai; Victoria Miro, London; David Zwirner, New York
Secondary Image: Infinity Room By Pablo Trincado from Santiago de Chile, Chile - Yayoi Kusama, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40172477
Secondary Image: Infinity Room By Pablo Trincado from Santiago de Chile, Chile - Yayoi Kusama, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40172477