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Yayoi Kusama's balloon, "Love Flies Up to the Sky," on a test flight before the Thanksgiving Day Parade in East Rutherford, N.J., on Nov. 2
Photographer: Victor Llorente /The New York Times via Redux Pictures
Japanese multimedia artist Yayoi Kusama is keeping up a torrid pace at 90 -- backing up sold-out exhibits at museums around the world with fresh works, more shows, and even a balloon designed for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City.
Kusama’s balloon, “Love Flies Up to the Sky,” is a round character that looks like a cross between a sun and a starfish. Featuring 300 of the artist’s signature hand-painted dots, it will soar 34 feet tall and stretch about 30 feet wide, according to Macy’s.