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Here's How To See The Montreal Yayoi Kusama Exhibit Without Tickets

Montreal's Yayoi Kusama exhibit is so popular that the most recent ticket release sold out within minutes. Around 10,000 people applied on July 15, but only half of them received tickets through the box office system and call centre. The PHI Foundation hosting the exhibit is now adapting its ticketing strategy, and even introducing allocated times that don't require reserving tickets at all to help more people see Kusama's works, especially her Infinity Mirrored Rooms.

"We have applied a reasonable increase to the number of people who can go through the exhibit per hour," Cheryl Sim, the curator and managing director at the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, told MTL Blog.

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12 Things To Do In Montreal This Weekend To Add A Little Shimmer To Your Summer

A much-deserved weekend in Montreal is exactly what we all need after the first full week in a while.

But after a week of working hard, you get a weekend of playing even harder thanks to all of the festivals, activities and restaurants to check out all over the city.

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The Yayoi Kusama Exhibit In Montreal Opens A Window Into Her Whimsical World (FIRST LOOK)

For the first time ever, works by world-renowned contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama are on solo display in Quebec. A new, free exhibit at Montreal’s PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art opens on July 6, showcasing a sample of the prolific creator’s works, including sculptures, paintings, and two of her famed infinity rooms. Each breathtaking installation highlights Kusama’s interest in cosmic vastness and coming to terms with our tiny place among the stars.

No matter the medium, Kusama’s works feature vibrant dots that are a primary motif in her work. Much like specks of light in the night sky, these tiny, repetitive patterns reference the infinite, offering moments of self-reflection or an escape into anonymity.

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2 Yayoi Kusama 'Infinity Mirrored Rooms' Are Coming To Montreal & Admission Is Free

Starting Wednesday, June 15, at 12 p.m., Montrealers can book a reservation to visit the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art's showcase of works by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The exhibition, titled "DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE," will include three of Kusama's pumpkin sculptures and two of her famous Infinity Mirrored Rooms.

One of the rooms is "filled with hanging light globes that alternate colours before abruptly going dark," the PHI explained in a press release. "The viewer is absorbed into darkness for a moment before the glowing spheres slowly flicker back on, initiating again a cycle akin to life and rebirth."

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