Infinity Mirrored Room – The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Eternally Cover the Universe is the title of a monumental installation that Yayoi Kusama created specifically for her retrospective at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Basel, Switzerland). The artwork consists of Inflatables, fans, plywood, glass mirrors, mirror-polished stainless steel, acrylic, steel, aluminium and LED lighting system and belongs to the collection of the artist.

Exhibition text (excerpt): Covered in polka dots, giant biomorphic shapes wind their way through the entire room. Their repetition and non-hierarchical arrangement recall the fundamental principles governing botanical organisms and their communities. Multiplied into seeming infinity on the walls and ceiling, they create the labyrinthic atmosphere of an artificial primeval forest. In the centre of this installation, a mirrored space invites another, more intimate experience. Here, the colours appear inverted and the countless reflections seem to abolish the confines of the room.

Created especially for the exhibition, this monumental installation offers access to two distinct kinds of spatial perception by combining two different types of works developed by Yayoi Kusama over the course of her career: her balloon installations, whose effect is best experienced when moving through the space, and her contemplative Infinity Mirror Rooms, in which mirrors create the optical illusion of infinite replication.

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrored Room – The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Eternally Cover the Universe, 2025. Fondation Beyeler, Riehen (Basel, Switzerland). October 10, 2025.