kaleidoscope

The dotty pumpkins and kaleidoscope rooms of Yayoi Kusama, who has died aged 97, were as vibrant as the artist herself, but her exuberant work was the expression of a long battle with mental illness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

In even as short a lifetime as hers, the author writes, it is “like a memory kaleidoscope, shifting and revealing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

With exhilarating charisma, stage energy and impassioned lyrics, Senegalese musician Sahad has created a unique body of work from a kaleidoscope of influences, culminating in his new pan-African album.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

Fireworks flared in a kaleidoscope of brilliant colours.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

The sidewalk’s pavement is aglow with a kaleidoscope of bright, swirling colors.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Inside, he would see painters — some of them recruited off the street and paid minimum wage — churning out art in the Max aesthetic: cheery, polychrome, wide-brushstroke kaleidoscopes on canvas.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2019

The fate of certain stained-glass windows — kaleidoscopes in the sunlight — remains unknown.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2019

His “Photograms” are kaleidoscopes of shape and colour so glorious that the complexity of their composition quickly fades from the mind.

From Economist ● Sep. 27, 2017

Doug Liman, the film’s director, has shown a rare knack for intelligently packaging A-list personas in kinetic kaleidoscopes.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2017

The huge cypress trees she and her father pass on their morning walk are shimmering kaleidoscopes, each needle a polygon of light.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr