Inside the extraordinary, glittering infinity rooms of Yayoi Kusama

A man views the exhibit ‘Infinity Mirrored Room - The Souls of a Million Light Years Away’ by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, U.S. The artist is known for creating interactive optical illusions with vibrant colours and contrast leading to an unparalleled viewing experience for art lovers. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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A man views the exhibit ‘Infinity Mirrored Room - The Souls of a Million Light Years Away’ by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, U.S. The artist is known for creating interactive optical illusions with vibrant colours and contrast leading to an unparalleled viewing experience for art lovers. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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People inside ‘The Obliteration Room’.The rooms use facing mirrors, hanging lights and polka dots to create vistas of infinite regress. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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View of ‘Infinity Mirrored Room - All the Eternal Love I Have for Pumpkins’. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away because the installation gives an illusion of a galaxy and the vastness of the universe. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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A new art exhibit by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. is attracting record crowds. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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Each room has mirrors on every wall, creating endless reflections, but is filled with different objects, each with different meanings. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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People view the exhibit ‘Dots Obsession - Love Transformed Into Dots’ by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the Hirshhorn Museum . (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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People view the exhibit ‘Infinity Room - Phalli's Field’.The visitors are invited to contemplate their existence while surrounded by a galactic atmosphere reminiscent of stars in the night sky. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)

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Kusama, 87 is best known for the dizzying patterns in her installations. She has been living in a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo since 1977, continues to make her artwork. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)