The Yayoi Kusama exhibit “Infinity Mirrors” at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden http://hirshhorn.si.edu/kusama/ is the hottest show in Washington this year and is almost impossible to get into. Its six mirrored rooms are fantastical and fascinating, but you have to spend about 30-45 minutes in line waiting to get into each one, after which you are allowed exactly 20 SECONDS to view it along with two other people. The museum staff have stopwatches and throw you out when your time is up. Needless to say, not a good situation for picture taking, but we did what we could under the difficult circumstances.

I’m going to quickly post captures of a few of Kusama’s other works on display that we saw while waiting in the endless lines, before going on to the last two mirrored rooms.

Sorry that I’m behind on commenting and everything else because Tim had outpatient surgery for a kidney stone on Monday, which had some complications, including a night spent at the ER on Tuesday. Now he may have to have another procedure tomorrow.

An unusual installation, posted earlier: