La Grande Dame by Yayoi Kusama Illuminates Washington D.C. with Joy and Optimism
Experience the artistic heart of Washington D.C. as La Grande Dame celebrates creativity with a new exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and exclusive commission featuring Yayoi Kusama.
La Grande Dame’s impact begins at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a leading voice in contemporary art and culture, where the exhibition One With Eternity: Yayoi Kusama opens to the public on April 1, 2022.
La Grande Dame by Veuve Clicquot is proud to announce its role as lead partner of the exhibition, continuing the House’s commitment to supporting creative voices and its longstanding relationship with the visionary artist, who lent her signature dot motif to the La Grande Dame 2012 cuvée.
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Past the groves of D.C.’s famed cherry blossoms, one can spot the iconic yellow hue of Veuve Clicquot where La Grande Dame has brought Kusama’s beloved dots to life in the Park at City Center.
An eye-catching mural by Kusama provides a preview to the La Grande Dame commission by Yayoi Kusama, entitled My Heart That Blooms in the Darkness of the Night, which will be on public display for the first time in the U.S. through April 9, 2022.
La Grande Dame’s quest to spread optimism is represented wonderfully through the Cherry Blossoms for which the city of Washington D.C. is known, a gift to the United States from Japan signifying friendship.
With the backdrop of blossoming petals, La Grande Dame infuses the city with the joyful, bold spirit of Madame Clicquot, for a spring unlike any other.
LA GRANDE DAME BY YAYOI KUSAMA
Yayoi Kusama adorns the La Grande Dame 2012 case and bottle with her iconic dots and floral motif. The opulent flower symbolizes vital energy, love and celebration of life. The polka dots, Yayoi Kusama’s signature patterns, are reworked like champagne bubbles to embody La Grande Dame 2012.
the life of flowers flew away.
flew off beyond the universe
to gaze at the extremes of life.
WHAT COMES AFTER DARKNESS BY CLEO WADE
La Grande Dame invited renowned poet and artist Cleo Wade to bring her own vision of optimism and joy to Washington, D.C.. Her poem “What Comes After Darkness” exclusively presented at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, celebrates audacious women, and encapsulates the bold spirit of Madame Clicquot
LA GRANDE DAME 2012: THE GLORY OF PINOT NOIR
Madame Clicquot believed that Pinot Noir had the broadest range of expression and potential to create the best champagne.
"Our black grapes give the finest white wines.”
La Grande Dame, is a showcase of the House’s excellence. It perfectly expresses its love for Pinot Noir, which since the 2008 vintage, has represented over 90% of the blend.
