Yoko Ono - Music of the Mind anchors The Broad exhibition
Published on 08/19/2026 at 13:47 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Yoko Ono brings her expansive retrospective Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind to The Broad in Los Angeles. As The Broad states, the special exhibition runs from May 23 to October 11, 2026, marking Ono's first solo museum exhibition in Southern California. The Broad exhibition page
The Broad exhibition in detail
The Broad describes Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind as tracing more than seven decades of the artist's career, from early text-based works in the 1950s and 1960s to recent large-scale installations informed by campaigns for world peace. Exhibition overview
The show foregrounds Ono's instruction pieces, inviting visitors to tie wishes to an olive tree, hammer nails into a painting, or write notes about their mothers, transforming the audience from passive viewers into active participants in the work.
Museum and collection context on Wednesday
The exhibition at The Broad is organized in collaboration with Tate Modern in London, extending a retrospective that has already appeared at Tate, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Gropius Bau in Berlin, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
This institutional trajectory positions Ono within a top-tier museum circuit, aligning her conceptual and participatory practice with major public collections in Europe and the United States.
Further news and background on Yoko Ono
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How the artist works
Ono's practice spans conceptual text pieces, performance, installation, film and music, often articulated through concise instructions that prompt audiences to imagine or enact the work, such as the scores collected in her 1964 book Grapefruit.
Where the artist stands now
Within the current 30-day window, Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind continues on view at The Broad in Los Angeles as a key museum presentation of her work.
Key facts on Yoko Ono
- Artist: Yoko Ono
- Medium / Genre: Conceptual and participatory art, performance, installation, film and music
- Born: 1933, Tokyo, Japan
- Place(s) of practice: Practice spanning Tokyo, New York and international institutional collaborations
- Active since: Early 1960s, with first solo exhibition in New York in 1961
- Key work groups: Instruction Pieces, Cut Piece, Wish Tree, Bed Peace
- Current/last exhibition: Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, The Broad, Los Angeles, May 23 - October 11, 2026
- Major collections: MoMA (New York), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tate (London), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Awards: Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Venice Biennale, 2009
- Next date: Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind ongoing at The Broad within the current 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Yoko Ono
Where is Yoko Ono's work currently on view?
Yoko Ono's retrospective Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind is on view at The Broad in Los Angeles from May 23 to October 11, 2026, offering more than seven decades of work.
What defines Yoko Ono's practice in the museum context?
Her practice centers on instruction pieces, participatory installations and peace-focused activism, integrating audience actions such as tying wishes to trees or contributing personal stories to works like My Mommy Is Beautiful.
Which institutions have presented Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind?
Before The Broad, Music of the Mind was shown at Tate Modern in London, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Gropius Bau in Berlin and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
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