Located on Level 2, in Sam & Ayala Zacks Pavilion (#244)
Admission is always FREE for AGO Members, AGO Annual Passholders & Ontarians under 25, and Indigenous Peoples. Learn more.
For more than 70 years, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) has invited people to participate in her groundbreaking visions of infinity. Over the past three decades, this prolific experimental artist has become an internationally acclaimed art-world icon, with work presented across the globe.
INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET’S SURVIVE FOREVER features mirrored spheres suspended from the ceiling and arranged on the floor. A mirrored column inside the room invites visitors to peer into a seemingly infinite field of silver orbs.
Thanks to the generosity of over 4,700 #InfinityAGO donors who participated in the AGO's ambitious crowdfunding campaign and the David Yuile & Mary Elizabeth Hodgson Fund, Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET’S SURVIVE FOREVER is now a part of the AGO Collection.
The artwork will be closed for regular maintenance every Wednesday and Friday between 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. From time to time, the artwork may be closed, sometimes without notice.
Yayoi Kusama's work has transcended two of the most important art movements of the second half of the twentieth century: pop art and minimalism. Her highly influential career spans paintings, performances, room-size presentations, outdoor sculptural installations, literary works, films, fashion, design, and interventions within existing architectural structures, which allude at once to microscopic and macroscopic universes.
Born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Japan, Kusama’s work has been featured widely in both solo and group exhibitions. She presented her first solo show in Japan in 1952. In the mid-1960s, she lived in New York where she became an important avant-garde artist by staging groundbreaking and influential happenings, events, and exhibitions. In 1965 Kusama produced her first Infinity Mirror Room. Building on the repetition found in her paintings and sculptures, this artwork used mirrors to create an illusion of infinite space. Since then Kusama has made more than 20 unique rooms.
She returned to Japan in 1973. Her work gained widespread recognition in the late 1980s following a number of international solo exhibitions, including shows at the Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, which both took place in 1989. She represented Japan in 1993 at the 45th Venice Biennale to much critical acclaim. Now in her 90's, Yayoi Kusama continues to produce interactive, infinity-like spaces, as well as paintings and sculptures
As a part of the AGO Collection, INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER is included with General Admission. Entry is on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission to the AGO does not guarantee access to the artwork.
No. Entrance to the artwork is first-come, first-served, and wait times will vary. The artwork accommodates four people for up to 60 seconds. If you are unable to view this work during your visit, we encourage you to come back again.
Wait times will vary, depending on demand.
Visitors can enter the artwork for up to 60 seconds.
Entry to the artwork is on a first-come, first-served basis and reservations cannot be made in advance. The artwork accommodates four people for up to 60 seconds. School groups should contact [email protected].
Four people enter the INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER every sixty (60) seconds. You will be asked to join other visitors if your party is less than four.
Coats, bags, purses, and strollers are not permitted inside the artwork, but may be left outside. Coat check is always free for AGO Members.
Yes, wheelchairs can enter the artwork, one at a time. Mobility scooters are not permitted due to space constraints. Please note the width of the doorway to the artwork is 1.1 meters wide.
Personal photography is allowed but we recommend you enjoy the artwork without your camera! Be sure to tag your photos #SeeAGO.
Infinity is for everyone, but children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Strollers cannot go inside the artwork and may be left with the attendant outside.
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David Yuile & Mary Elizabeth Hodgson Fund
Diane Bald & Michael Budman, Don & Denyse Green
Michelle Koerner & Kevin Doyle
Robert Dorrance & Gail Drummond
The Schulich Foundation
Soichiro & Junko Yamamoto
DH Gales Foundation
Maxine Granovsky Gluskin & Ira Gluskin
Barry Appleton & Magaly Bianchini
Emmanuelle Gattuso
Sheryle & David Saunders
Robin & David Young
ARTWORK IMAGE CREDITS: Yayoi Kusama, INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER, 2017. Wood, metal, glass mirrors, LED lighting system, monofilament, stainless steel balls, and carpet, 312.4 x 624.8 x 622.9 cm. © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai; Victoria Miro, London/Venice. Photo AGO.
Purchased with funds from the David Yuile & Mary Elizabeth Hodgson Fund, Michelle Koerner & Kevin Doyle, Robert Dorrance & Gail Drummond, The Schulich Foundation, Soichiro & Junko Yamamoto, Diane Bald & Michael Budman, Don & Denyse Green, DH Gales Foundation, Maxine Granovsky Gluskin & Ira Gluskin, Barry Appleton & Magaly Bianchini, Emmanuelle Gattuso, Sheryle & David Saunders, Robin & David Young, Laura E. Baldini, Diana Billes, Edison Chai, Julian Chan & Yi Hyun Park, The Francis and Denise Connolly Family, Creeds, Eileen Farrow, Ivan Fecan & Sandra Faire, Hallisey Family, Victoria Jackman, Val Koziol, David Kozman & Kristin Blakely-Kozman, The Charles & Jane Kucey Foundation Fund, Jämes Lee & the Julie Institute, Chelsea Longaphy & Bernie Li, Martha LA McCain, Abby, Perry & Jordan Minuk, Carolyn D. Mullin, Samuel & Alice Peralta, In Memory of Pierrette & Abel Rancourt, Heather & Aaron Regent, Shevlen Family, Mary Sinclair, Jay Smith & Laura Rapp, J. Kenneth & Margaret Syer-Torrance, and the generosity of thousands of art lovers, 2018
