At 86 years old, the scarlet - haired Kusama is the kind of artist for which the art world lines up; If she were a rockstar, she'd be Mick Jagger, her fans pulling all - nighters in sleeping bags on city sidewalks to score front - row seats.
The city legislation is intended to encourage shoppers to give up the plastic bags whose omnipresence oncitysidewalks and in city trees and landfills have long frustrated environmentalists.