{"id":1538,"date":"2018-04-10T03:06:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T03:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2018-04-23T17:37:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:37:54","slug":"hot-ticket-infinity-mirrors-at-the-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/?p=1538","title":{"rendered":"Hot ticket: infinity Mirrors at the AGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1539\" src=\"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aftermath-of-oblivion-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aftermath-of-oblivion-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aftermath-of-oblivion-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aftermath-of-oblivion-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aftermath-of-oblivion.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s one thing you <em><strong>have<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0to try to see this spring, it&#8217;s the incredible, immersive <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ago.ca\/exhibitions\/kusama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Infinity Mirrors<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong> installation by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, now on at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ago.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Gallery of Ontario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors<\/em> provides visitors with the unique opportunity to experience six of Kusama\u2019s most iconic kaleidoscopic environments at once<!--more-->, alongside large-scale installations, paintings, sculptures and works on paper that span from the early 1950s to the present.<\/p>\n<p>The expansive exhibition also marks the North American debut of numerous new works by the 87-year-old artist, who is still actively creating in her Tokyo studio.<\/p>\n<p>Organized in rough chronological order, <em>Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors<\/em> range from a dense and dizzying field of hundreds of red-spotted phallic tubers in a room lined with mirrors (<em>Phalli\u2019s Field<\/em>), to spectacular LED environments, filled with lanterns or crystalline balls that seem to extend into infinite space (<em>Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity<\/em> and <em>Souls of Millions of Light Years Away<\/em> \u2013 pictured above).<\/p>\n<p><em>Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors<\/em> runs at the Art Gallery of Ontario March 3 to May 27. Due to the insane demand, there will be a very limited number of same-day timed tickets released at the AGO each day at 10:00 am. Lines start early and are far-reaching, so if you do decide to troop it out for a chance to snag tickets for this likely once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, dress accordingly and bring snacks.<\/p>\n<h6><em><strong>Photo source:<\/strong> AGO via David Zwirner<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Article Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ago.net\/ago-to-be-only-canadian-stop-for-highly-anticipated-yayoi-kusama-exhibition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AGO<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there&#8217;s one thing you have\u00a0to try to see this spring, it&#8217;s the incredible, immersive Infinity Mirrors installation by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, now on at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors provides visitors with the unique opportunity to experience six of Kusama\u2019s most iconic kaleidoscopic environments at once<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,11,57],"class_list":["post-1538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-attractions","tag-things-to-see-and-do","tag-toronto-attractions","tag-you-should-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}