NEW YORK, NY.- Film Forum will present the U.S. theatrical premiere of KUSAMA – INFINITY, beginning Friday, September 7. Many years in the making, Heather Lenz’s film is a stirring portrait of the world’s top-selling female artist, 89-year-old Yayoi Kusama. Kusama is best known for her colorful polka dot- and pumpkin-themed designs and her massively popular mirrored Infinity Rooms. For decades, her work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from her peers and those in power in the art world. She was an underdog with everything stacked against her: growing up in Japan during World War II; life in a dysfunctional upper-crust family that discouraged her creative ambitions; sexism and racism endemic to the art world; and mental illness in a culture where it has a significant stigma. In spite of it all, Kusama has endured and has created a body of work that spans painting, sculpture, installation art, performance, poetry, and novels. Today, six decades into her career, people around the globe are experiencing her Infinity Rooms in record numbers. And Kusama continues to create new work every day.

KUSAMA – INFINITY will open on Friday, September 7 for an ongoing engagement at Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. with daily showtimes at 1:00, 2:40, 4:20, 6:00, 7:45 & 9:30.

“An almost frighteningly fertile talent… Sometimes I think Yayoi Kusama might be the greatest artist to come out of the 1960s and one of the few, thanks in part to her long life, still making work that feels of the moment.” – Roberta Smith, The New York Times, on Kusama’s 2017 NYC shows at David Zwirner Galleries

“Startling, revelatory. The film adds to the Kusama circus many layers of necessary depth… (explaining) at length, both Kusama’s catalytic nature and her easy dismissal. The portrait of not only a true original - so rare - but a pioneer is compelling.” – Murray White, Toronto Star

“Inspiring. A satisfyingly thorough look at the life and work of this influential artist, tracing the inspirations, obsessions, passion, and psychological trauma that informs every aspect of her art.” – Christopher Bourne, Screen Anarchy

KUSAMA – INFINITY (2018, 76 mins.) Directed, Written & Produced by Heather Lenz. Producers: Karen Johnson, David Koh, Dan Braun. Editors: Keita Ideno, Shinpei Takeda, Carl Pfirman, Lenz, Sam Karp, John Northrup & Nora Tennessen. Consulting Editor: Kate Amend. Director of Photography: Hart Perry. Japan Cinematographer: Hide Itaya. Composer: Allyson Newman. Additional Cinematography: Ken Kobland & Takeda. A Magnolia Pictures release.