Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist

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2022 Yoko Ono won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for her contribution to 'The Beatles: Get Back.'
2022 Yoko Ono won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for her contribution to 'The Beatles: Get Back.'
2021 Yoko Ono served as a producer and appeared as herself in the documentary series 'The Beatles: Get Back,' which featured archival footage.
2021 Yoko Ono served as a producer and appeared as herself in the documentary series 'The Beatles: Get Back,' which featured archival footage.
November 2021 In a New Yorker piece, it was noted that Ono had 'withdrawn from public life', with her son Sean acting as the family’s public representative.
November 2021 In a New Yorker piece, it was noted that Ono had 'withdrawn from public life', with her son Sean acting as the family’s public representative.
February 18 2021 On her 88th birthday, Ono was one of the founders of The Coda Collection, a service featuring music documentaries and concert films that launched in the U.S.
February 18 2021 On her 88th birthday, Ono was one of the founders of The Coda Collection, a service featuring music documentaries and concert films that launched in the U.S.
June 2019 Yoko Ono presented her participatory installation Add Color (Refugee Boat) at Lower Manhattan's River to River Festival, emphasizing solidarity with immigrants and refugees by inviting audience participation to decorate a white rowing boat and room.
June 2019 Yoko Ono presented her participatory installation Add Color (Refugee Boat) at Lower Manhattan's River to River Festival, emphasizing solidarity with immigrants and refugees by inviting audience participation to decorate a white rowing boat and room.
2018 Ono released 'Warzone', which includes new versions of previously recorded tracks.
2018 Ono was credited as a voice actress in the animated film 'Isle of Dogs,' where she voiced the character 'Assistant-Scientist Yoko-ono.'
2018 Ono was credited as a voice actress in the animated film 'Isle of Dogs,' where she voiced the character 'Assistant-Scientist Yoko-ono.'
2018 Ono released 'Warzone', which includes new versions of previously recorded tracks.
2016 Ono's Imagine Peace exhibit returned to Houston after its initial showing in 2011.
2016 Ono's Imagine Peace exhibit returned to Houston after its initial showing in 2011.
October 2016 Yoko Ono unveiled her first permanent art installation in the United States, titled 'Skylanding', located in Jackson Park, Chicago. The installation promotes peace and was inspired by her visit to the Garden of the Phoenix in 2013.
October 2016 Yoko Ono unveiled her first permanent art installation in the United States, titled 'Skylanding', located in Jackson Park, Chicago. The installation promotes peace and was inspired by her visit to the Garden of the Phoenix in 2013.
September 6 2016 Secretly Canadian announced the re-issuing of 11 of Ono's albums from 1968 to 1985.
September 6 2016 Secretly Canadian announced the re-issuing of 11 of Ono's albums from 1968 to 1985.
February 16 2016 Manimal Vinyl released 'Yes, I'm a Witch Too', featuring remixes from various artists.
February 16 2016 Manimal Vinyl released 'Yes, I'm a Witch Too', featuring remixes from various artists.
2015 Yoko Ono received the European Cultural Centre Art Award for her continuing efforts to promote 'Imagine Peace'.
2015 The Museum of Modern Art in New York City held a retrospective exhibition of Yoko Ono's early work, titled 'Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971'.
2015 Yoko Ono received the European Cultural Centre Art Award for her continuing efforts to promote 'Imagine Peace'.
2015 The Museum of Modern Art in New York City held a retrospective exhibition of Yoko Ono's early work, titled 'Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971'.
November 24 2015 The installation of Arising by Yoko Ono was displayed until this date at the European Cultural Centre's Palazzo Bembo, concluding its exhibition.
November 24 2015 The installation of Arising by Yoko Ono was displayed until this date at the European Cultural Centre's Palazzo Bembo, concluding its exhibition.
June 1 2015 Yoko Ono created the artwork titled Arising, which was part of the exhibition Personal Structures, organized by Global Art Affairs, and was on view at the European Cultural Centre's Palazzo Bembo in Venice.
June 1 2015 Yoko Ono created the artwork titled Arising, which was part of the exhibition Personal Structures, organized by Global Art Affairs, and was on view at the European Cultural Centre's Palazzo Bembo in Venice.
2014 Yoko Ono installed 'Earth Peace' as part of the 2014 Folkestone Triennial, which included various media such as posters, stickers, billboards, and badges. Among the pieces, an inscribed stone, a flag flown annually on International Peace Day, and a beacon of light were placed in Folkestone.
2014 Yoko Ono presented her artwork Skyladder as part of the Folkestone Triennial, which is now also on loan to the town as part of the Folkestone Artworks collection. The piece is displayed in two locations: on a high wall of the Quarterhouse bar and in the staircase of the Folkestone public library.
2014 Ono's Imagine Peace exhibit opened at the Bob Rauschenburg Gallery at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers, Florida.
2014 The British band Elbow mentioned Yoko Ono in their song 'New York Morning' from their album The Take Off and Landing of Everything, prompting Ono to respond with an open letter on her website.
2014 The British band Elbow mentioned Yoko Ono in their song 'New York Morning' from their album The Take Off and Landing of Everything, prompting Ono to respond with an open letter on her website.
2014 Yoko Ono presented her artwork Skyladder as part of the Folkestone Triennial, which is now also on loan to the town as part of the Folkestone Artworks collection. The piece is displayed in two locations: on a high wall of the Quarterhouse bar and in the staircase of the Folkestone public library.
2014 Yoko Ono installed 'Earth Peace' as part of the 2014 Folkestone Triennial, which included various media such as posters, stickers, billboards, and badges. Among the pieces, an inscribed stone, a flag flown annually on International Peace Day, and a beacon of light were placed in Folkestone.
2014 Ono's Imagine Peace exhibit opened at the Bob Rauschenburg Gallery at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers, Florida.
2013 Canadian singer Peaches reprised Cut Piece at the Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London, which was curated by Yoko Ono.
2013 Ono and the Plastic Ono Band released the LP 'Take Me to the Land of Hell', featuring several notable guest artists.
2013 Yoko Ono was a central theme in English comedian James Acaster's show Lawnmower, which gained recognition by being nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show.
2013 Yoko Ono was a central theme in English comedian James Acaster's show Lawnmower, which gained recognition by being nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show.
2013 Canadian singer Peaches reprised Cut Piece at the Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre in London, which was curated by Yoko Ono.
2013 Ono and the Plastic Ono Band released the LP 'Take Me to the Land of Hell', featuring several notable guest artists.
July 2013 Nearly fifty years after the original publication of Grapefruit, Yoko Ono released a sequel titled Acorn, which is another book of instructions, through OR Books.
July 2013 Nearly fifty years after the original publication of Grapefruit, Yoko Ono released a sequel titled Acorn, which is another book of instructions, through OR Books.
June 2013 Ono curated the Meltdown festival in London and played two concerts, including one with the Plastic Ono Band.
June 2013 Ono curated the Meltdown festival in London and played two concerts, including one with the Plastic Ono Band.
February 2013 To coincide with her 80th birthday, the largest retrospective of Yoko Ono's work, 'Half-a-Wind Show', opened at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
February 2013 Ono accepted the Rainer Hildebrandt Medal at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie Museum, awarded for her and Lennon's work for peace.

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