"Salary-man" Art Collector Daisuke Miyatsu Shares the Mesmerising World of Yayoi Kusama

Mr. Daisuke Miyatsu is one of the most prominent art collectors from Japan. He tells us how he fell in love with the work of Yayoi Kusama.

"Salary-man" Art Collector Daisuke Miyatsu standing next to one of his collections by Yayoi Kusama (Pumpkin 1981) / credit: NGV Credit: Eugene Hyland

Some of Daisuke's collections can be seen at the Yayoi Kuasama Exhibition currently being held at NGV.

宮津さんがサラリーマン時代に初めて購入された草間さんの作品。Credit: Daisuke Miyatsu / NGV

同じく宮津さんのコレクションから。無数の突起物で装飾されたドレス。Credit: Daisuke Miyatsu / NGV

NGVではこんな巨大な作品も 数多く展示されています！ Credit: NGV / Sean Fennessy

NGV's Yayoi Kusama exhibition will continue until 21st April.

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