New Tickets For "Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors" At The Broad Announced

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Broad has announced additional tickets and extended hours for the highly anticipated exhibition that sold out 50,000 tickets in less than two hours. Newly announced tickets for "Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors" will go on sale at noon on Oct. 2, and are expected to sell out quickly

The Broad has decided to stay open an additional 14 hours each week during the 10-week run. The exhibit opens at The Broad on Oct. 21 and runs through New Year's Day. In addition to these extended hours, the museum is also increasing the number of visitors it will accommodate during operating hours. This increase in both hours and visitors per hour will allow for nearly 40,000 additional advance tickets to be made available in the upcoming release.

Interested ticket buyers should visit thebroad.org anytime between 11 a.m. and noon on Oct. 2 and will be placed in an online waiting room. All users in the waiting room by noon will have an equal opportunity for access to tickets. At noon exactly, all users in the online waiting room will receive one of two messages: They will either receive a random number that will allow them to book tickets, or they will be informed that they were not randomly selected.

Due to extremely high demand, not every user who joins the online waiting room will be able to purchase tickets. All users who receive a number will be able to purchase the tickets, which cost $25. Children 12 and under will be admitted free.

In addition to this second ticket release, a limited number of $30 same- day standby tickets will be available each day throughout the run of the exhibition, for both regular hours and extended hours. Standby tickets will be available on-site on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Broad is the only museum in California to host the exhibition as it continues its six-venue North American tour.

The Broad features Kusama's installation "Infinity Mirrored Room - The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away" as part of its permanent collection. It is the most popular attraction at the museum, made even more so by its use in an Adele music video.

The work will remain on view to free general admission ticket holders until Sept. 30, when it will transfer to the special Kusama exhibition. After the run, it will once again be accessible to visitors.

The exhibition features six "Infinity" mirror rooms -- immersive, kaleidoscopic environments by the 88-year-old Japanese artist. The first institutional survey of its kind, the exhibition also will include paintings, sculptures and works on paper.

The traveling exhibition is organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

City News Service and Patch staffer Emily Holland contributed to this post; Photo by Sharon VanderKaay via flickr.com