Yayoi Kusama’s largest permanent public sculpture is unveiled in London

Yayoi Kusama's first permanent public artwork in the UK and her largest public sculpture in the world has been unveiled. Infinite Accumulation is a new, site-specific work at London's Liverpool Street station in which Kusama develops one of the most recognisable motifs of her visual language: the polka dot. Here, the dot is expanded into linked forms that interact with and define the public spaces outside the station.

Infinite Accumulation reaches over 10 meters high and 12 meters wide and covers an area of approximately 100 meters in length. Its gleaming silver spheres soar above the ground and are highly polished to reflect everything around them.

'London is a massive metropolis with people of all cultures moving constantly. The spheres symbolise unique personalities while the supporting curvilinear lines allow us to imagine an underpinning social structure.' — Yayoi Kusama

Commissioned as part of The Crossrail Art Foundation's public art programme for the Elizabeth line with the support of Victoria Miro, co-funded by British Land and the City of London Corporation.

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Image: Yayoi Kusama, Infinite Accumulation, 2024

Liverpool Street station (Elizabeth line)

Commissioned as part of The Crossrail Art Programme, 2017

© YAYOI KUSAMA

Courtesy Ota Fine Arts and Victoria Miro

Photo: Thierry Bal