Louis Vuitton’s love affair with contemporary-art darling Yayoi Kusama has spawned a polka-dotted accessories range, lavish magazine spreads and enormous installations at its boutiques globally.
The luxury giant’s relationship with Kusama, whose auction record currently stands at $10.9 million (about $16 million), follows flirtations with blue-chip artists Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami, both of whom found new audiences as a result of their collaborations.