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General Public Relations Inquiries
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Nick Leshi
Senior Director of Communications
718.817.8658
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Melinda Manning
Vice President for Communications
718.817.8659
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Associate Director of Public Relations
718.817.8512
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10/15/2021 –

NYBG Presents Hispanic Heritage Month Distinguished Leadership Award to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. During Annual Fiesta de Flores Celebration

10/6/2021 –

Solving a Five-Decade-Old Botanical Mystery, NYBG Scientist and Colleagues Identify a New Species of Amazonian Rain Forest Tree Using DNA Analysis

10/1/2021 –

The New York Botanical Garden Kicks Off a New Season of Fall and Winter Lectures on Important and Timely Subjects in Landscape Design, Ecology, and More

9/22/2021 –

Find Your Fall at The New York Botanical Garden with Scarecrows, Pumpkins, Kiku, Magnificent Fall Foliage, and More

9/17/2021 –

NYBG Celebrates Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month through October 15

9/10/2021 –

NYBG Announces Fall Highlights Complementing KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature, on View Through October 31, 2021

9/1/2021 –

Dr. J. Chris Pires to Serve as Dean of the International Plant Science Center and Chief Science Officer of The New York Botanical Garden

7/29/2021 –

The New York Botanical Garden Celebrates the Holiday Season Day and Night with the 30th Year of the Holiday Train Show^®and the Return of NYBG GLOW, the Botanical Garden’s Outdoor Color-and-Light Experience, Expanded for Its Second Year

6/16/2021 –

The New York Botanical Garden Names Jennifer Bernstein as CEO and The William C. Steere President

6/15/2021 –

NYBG Dedicates Its Historic Tulip Tree Allée to Honor John J. Hoffee, Trustee of the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

5/24/2021 –

Research Team Led by NYBG Scientist Identifies the Likely Original Relative of Many Food Crops, a Resource That Could Make Them More Environmentally Resilient

5/20/2021 –

NYBG Announces Updates on Major Exhibition KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE

5/12/2021 –

NYBG Presents Prominent Authors, Chefs, and Historians in The Food Dialogues: Reclaiming Cultural Heritage Through Food

4/22/2021 –

NYBG’s Antique Garden Furniture Fair Takes Place Virtually This Year as a Weeklong Event Featuring Leading Exhibitors and Related Programming

4/16/2021 –

The New York Botanical Garden’s Earth Month Celebration Features Online Programs about Science and Nature, Activities for Families and Citizen Scientists, and More

4/7/2021 –

KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature Opens at The New York Botanical Garden

3/3/2021 –

Tickets Go on Sale to the Public on March 16, 2021 for NYBG’s Exclusive Presentation of KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature

2/26/2021 –

With Spring Around the Corner, The New York Botanical Garden Offers a New Season of Leading Experts and Compelling Topics in Online Lectures

2/1/2021 –

NYBG’s Black History Month at Home Honors Black Contributions to Art, Culture, and Science

1/28/2021 –

NYBG Announces Dates for 2021 Exhibition KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature

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KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature Overview Press Release

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“Yayoi Kusama’s Cosmic Nature Dots a Bronx Garden”
—The New York Times

“NYBG Newest Installation”
—The 360 Magazine

“NYC-ARTS CHOICE: KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature at NYBG”
—THIRTEEN’s NYC-Arts

“Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkins and Polka Dots Have Officially Taken Over The New York Botanical Garden”
—Architectural Digest

“Yayoi Kusama’s Artwork on Display in New Exhibit at The New York Botanical Garden”
—News 12 The Bronx

“Yayoi Kusama’s Joyful Outdoor Show Is the Art Event We’ve Been Waiting For”
—ELLE Décor

“Kusama’s Dots, Flowers Breathe Life into Pandemic New York”
—Reuters

“Artist Gives Nature a ‘Cosmic’ Twist in Big NY Garden Show”
—Associated Press

“Answers to These Botanical Mysteries Could Help a Climate-Stressed World”
—National Geographic

“The Deep Roots of the Vegetable That ‘Took Over the World’”
—Atlas Obscura

“We Have Been in Lockdown, But Deforestation Has Not”
—Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

“Career Column: My 2020 as an ‘Alien’ Ph.D. Student in New York”
—Nature

Photos

A massive pumpkin sculpture stylized as though it were dancing. Its body is orange with black polka dots, while its slightly twisted stem is black with orange polka dots. Its underside is solid black.

KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature

The Conservatory with two blooming cherry trees nearby.

Exhibitions and General NYBG Photos

Videos

A large tentacled red and blue statue with a yellow sun-like face and white polka dots on its tentacles seems to hover above a reflecting pool, its image mirrored in the water. A mix of trees can be seen in the background.

KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature B-Roll Video

Guest Curator Mika Yoshitake on KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature

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