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YAYOI KUSAMA
For years now, YAYOI KUSAMA has been one of the biggest names in contemporary art. Somehow her work has still been reduced to a flattened image of the polka dot or a snapshot inside one of her Infinity ‘Mirror Rooms’, where visitors from all over the world queue for hours to spend thirty seconds inside her universe.
For the first time in years, Europe is seeing a major retrospective of Kusama’s work at the Stedelijk Museum. Just weeks before the exhibition was due to open, news broke of Kusama’s passing. This gives the exhibition unexpected weight, as the last major overview of her career, which she helped shape with her studio.
NATURE
A change in light. The movement of water. The first signs of a new season. Nature is in a constant state of transformation. In a culture defined by immediacy, it offers something increasingly rare: patience. It unfolds at its own pace, reminding us that growth, change, and beauty cannot always be hurried. Its influence can be found everywhere. In the silhouettes we wear. in the spaces we inhabit. In the colours, textures, and forms that shape our visual language. This issue celebrates the enduring relationship between the natural world and creative expression. The artists who interpret it. The designers who borrow from it. The image-makers that capture it. To engage with nature is to engage with something both timeless and constantly changing - a paradox that has fascinated humanity for generations. A source of wonder and endless complexity.
The more closely we look, the more there is to see. Welcome to Numéro Netherlands #15 Nature.
TIMOTEJ LETONJA
Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief of Numéro Netherlands
YAYOI KUSAMA
For years now, YAYOI KUSAMA has been one of the biggest names in contemporary art. Somehow her work has still been reduced to a flattened image of the polka dot or a snapshot inside one of her Infinity ‘Mirror Rooms’, where visitors from all over the world queue for hours to spend thirty seconds inside her universe.
For the first time in years, Europe is seeing a major retrospective of Kusama’s work at the Stedelijk Museum. Just weeks before the exhibition was due to open, news broke of Kusama’s passing. This gives the exhibition unexpected weight, as the last major overview of her career, which she helped shape with her studio.
NATURE
A change in light. The movement of water. The first signs of a new season. Nature is in a constant state of transformation. In a culture defined by immediacy, it offers something increasingly rare: patience. It unfolds at its own pace, reminding us that growth, change, and beauty cannot always be hurried. Its influence can be found everywhere. In the silhouettes we wear. in the spaces we inhabit. In the colours, textures, and forms that shape our visual language. This issue celebrates the enduring relationship between the natural world and creative expression. The artists who interpret it. The designers who borrow from it. The image-makers that capture it. To engage with nature is to engage with something both timeless and constantly changing - a paradox that has fascinated humanity for generations. A source of wonder and endless complexity.
The more closely we look, the more there is to see. Welcome to Numéro Netherlands #15 Nature.
TIMOTEJ LETONJA
Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief of Numéro Netherlands