Racked Road Tests Yoko Ono's Opening Ceremony Pants by Kerry Folan, Racked Every once in a while, fashion goes so far out on a limb that we are all forced to ask ourselves, "Could you really wear that in real life?" Today, Racked set out to answer that question in regards to the pants Yoko [...]
This year Yoko Ono will be joining a number of other luminaries including VALIE EXPORT, Matthias Horx, Ute Meta Bauer, Gerard Mortier and Shady El Noshokaty as well as a number of up-and-coming artists and cultural players. “We meet, we share, we discuss, we celebrate, we establish new links, and sometimes we change our views.” 5.15 - 6.00pm Friday 9 Nov, Halle E, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna.
In 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono planted two acorns for peace at Coventry Cathedral. The acorns were planted in east and westerly positions, symbolizing the meeting of the couple and the union of their two cultures. This was the first of many peace events that the couple would initiate throughout their lives. In 1969, John and Yoko mailed acorns and [...]
The works of 80 international artists - musical sound forms, reports, roaring, - scattered in all areas - internal and external, public and secret, humble and noble - at Auditorium Parco della Musica.
Be a part of Tate Modern’s new space, The Tanks from July 18 – October 28, 2012. For 15 weeks these magnificent raw, industrial spaces offer a sensational line-up of performance and events. View the full programme.
Invisible Art brings together works from the past half century that explore ideas related to the invisible and the hidden. The exhibition includes work by some of the most important artists of our time as well as younger artists who have expanded on their legacy. From the amusing to the philosophical, there are works you [...]
Sixties singing star Marianne Faithfull co-curating a new exhibition at Tate Liverpool. The 65-year-old singer- songwriter and actress has taken inspiration from her own life and influences to choose pieces from the Tate collection. The show, 'Innocence and Experience', which runs from April 20 to September 2, is co-curated with the Albert Dock Gallery’s Darren [...]
IRELAND'S INAUGURAL DUBLIN BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART 15th June - 24th June 2012 Dublin Biennial Gallery Point Village, East Wall, Dublin 1 http://www.dublinbiennial.com ARTIST RECEPTION & PREVIEW - Thursday 14th June 6-9pm GALA OPENING BLOOMSDAY - Saturday 16th June 12-3pm OPERATIONAL HOURS - Monday - Sunday 12- 8pm The exhibit is the first [...]
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ME / OBOETETE is a dramatic new installation of YOKO ONO dealing with shattered lives, loss and remembrance. Inspired by her own experiences of growing up in war-torn Japan, displacement and awareness of the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and now by the events of March 2011, ONO has created [...]
Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life February 25-May 20, 2012 Fluxus emerged in the early 1960s as a loose, international network of artists, composers, and designers-"led" by Lithuanian-born American artist George Maciunas (1931-1978)- that was noted for blurring the boundaries between art and life. Fluxus artists like Maciunas, Nam June [...]
The City of Reykjavík has decided to light IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on Ms. Yoko Ono’s birthday February 18th, 2012. The Mayor Mr. Jon Gnarr, says that on behalf of the City he wishes to thank Ms. Ono for her dedication to peace and friendship to Reykjavik: “Reykjavík is honored that Ms. Yoko Ono chose [...]
FLUXFEST CHICAGO 2012 February 9th - 12th, 2012 Feb 9th 5:00pm – 7:30pm FROM THE ARCHIVE Mailart and Fluxus from the archives of Fluxus/St. Louis. Opening reception Chicago Art Institute, Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection. 37 S. Wabash, 5th Floor. Feb 10th 2:00pm – 5pm FLUX IT YOURSELF Scores and Performances by Contemporary Fluxus. Publication [...]
JOHN CAGE 33 1/3 - PERFORMED BY AUDIENCE A Celebration of the Centenary of the Composer's Birth January 28 - May 6, 2012 One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, John Cage (1912- 1992) created sound and performance works that broke through boundary after boundary. In celebration of his enduring legacy and [...]
Let's sing, dance and hug each other to bring in a new year and with it, a new world. Yoko Ono 1 January 2011 YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND played at The Flaming Lips’ New Year’s Eve Freak Out #5, two shows December 31 and January 1 at Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center in Oklahoma [...]
Wish Tree for Zuccotti Park Make a wish. Ask the tree to send your wishes to all the trees in the world. For Truth, Justice and Peace. y.o. '11
“At/around/beyond: Fluxus at Rutgers University” September 24, 2011 - April 01, 2012 Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Eisenberg Gallery 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick. Information: Exhibition & Travel. Tel: (732) 932-7237. Facebook Fluxus celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012. A radical, experimental, and multimedia art movement of the mid-twentieth century [...]
Having celebrated its tenth anniversary last year, this year's edition of the Dream Power John Lennon Super Live will mark a new beginning, taking place once again on the anniversary of his passing, Thursday, December 8, at the Nippon Budokan. The concert was initiated at Yoko Ono's behest to donate schools to children throughout the [...]
In the exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery, LIGHT (original title in Japanese 灯 あかり) , Ono will present a variety of works to bring light to the Japanese people in the wake of the tragic earthquake. Among the works in the exhibitions are: TO THE LIGHT, a large maze which people can walk through to find a light in the center; INVISIBLE PEOPLE, transparent human-shaped figures standing in dim lights in the darkness; works from REMNANTS, arranged and displayed broken furniture from a house that was destroyed in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Based on one of the works from REMNANTS, Ono created an edition work titled AIR CLOCK and will release it to the public for the first time in this exhibition. Ono will also inscribe messages of her hopes and thoughts in the gallery space with Japanese calligraphy.
Come Together by David Stromberg, New York Times. Photograph by Neta Alonim On Sunday night, the fashion collective Three as Four opened its highly anticipated exhibition “Insalaam Inshalom” at the Beit Ha’Ir Center for Urban Culture in Tel Aviv, bringing to fruition a project over two years in the making. Covering the walls of the four-story building in fabric printed [...]
by Nick Hallam, Positive Posters. Photos: John Deer Okay, so I can finally explain to you what all the mentions of Yoko Ono were around the exhibition last week… Back in 2009, in an attempt to get some images we could use to lure sponsors and gain interest in Positive Posters, we sent a bunch of A0 posters with [...]