“Kusama: Cosmic Nature,” with her colorful work scattered across 250 acres, is already selling out entire days.But when Kusama first came to New York City in 1958, she struggled to draw crowds.During her 15 years here, she made some of the work that she’s famous for today, like the Infinity Net paintings that go for as much as $8 million.
Early on, Kusama begged galleries to show her work. Most declined.She believed that male peers — including Andy Warhol, whom she called a “close friend” — were copying her work.It all led to a suicide attempt.“Kusama faced terrible prejudice in the art world,” her old friend Hanford Yang, an architect and longtime Pratt professor, told The Post. “She was so good, but none of the big galleries would show.
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