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 wasn’t going to post this, but it does give an idea of entry to the mirror rooms. After waiting for 30 to 45 minutes to get up to the door, you try to get a glimpse inside for an idea of what kind of lighting awaits you since there’s no time to mess around with camera settings during your 20 seconds inside.

Enjoying ‘communal obliteration,’ posted earlier: