How did Yayoi Kusama become so famous?

It appears
that Yayoi Kusama's fame was fueled in part by her advent into New York City's avant-garde art
scene in the 1960s.

Sometime in the late 1950s, Kusama wrote to famed artist
Georgia O'Keefe, who to her surprise sent a reply. O'Keefe was key to Kusama's entrance into the
glitzy world of New York art. Upon her arrival in the United States, however, Kusama didn't
immediately venture to New York City. Instead, she made her way to Seattle and showed off her
Infinity Nets paintings at a small art gallery there.

Kusama's "infinity art" paintings involve a nonlinear profusion of dots that
epitomize the concepts of infinity, timelessness, and spiritual obliteration. Kusama credits
Donald Judd, a minimalist artist in his own right, for her eventual fame. In truth, Judd's
profusely positive review of Kusama's art at the Brata Gallery in 1959 may well have propelled
Kusama to the forefront of New York City's art scene. To read about Kusama's relationship with
Judd, please refer to Donald Judd and Yayoi Kusama from the Judd Foundation.

For more about Kusama's art, the links below should be helpful.

href="https://nymag.com/arts/art/features/yayoi-kusama-2012-7/">http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/yayoi-kusama-2012-7/
href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/30/yayoi-kusama-museum-tokyo">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/30/yayo...