Ages ago, I saw that this year's Manchester International Festival was to include a installation / exhibition by Yayoi Kusama, whose work I love, so I suggested to some friends that we book to go.
We did, and went a few weeks back.(OK, in August!) We went.
And it was great fun. Other than the initial tentacle room, all the pieces were in one big space - a giant pumpkin, a big mirror, pink and black tentacles, big spotty dogs, big doft pebbles to lie on and look at the big beach balls hanging from the ceiling.
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| Pumpkin! |
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| More tentacles! |
It was all gloriously lighthearted and satisfying, and fun.
Afterwards, we went for a very pleasant Lebanese meal, (and I got very confused since we wound up in the middle of my old stamping ground, around the courts in Manchester centre, and it's all changed almost past recognition!)
Then I got to spend the rest of the weekend with my friend J and her family, (and their gorgeous goofy dog!) 
It was a very nice weekend.
