Yayoi Kusama brings Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid to life in this striking illustrated edition. Pairing Andersen’s original 1839 text with Kusama’s hypnotic Love Forever drawings, the book transforms the familiar tale into a dreamlike, unsettling world of swirling patterns, eyes, and underwater landscapes. Kusama’s delicate, repeating forms mirror the story’s poetry and longing, offering both illustration and interpretation in a true artistic collaboration.

Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) is one of the world’s most influential contemporary artists, known for her immersive environments and iconic motifs across painting, sculpture, installation, film, fashion, and literature.