Press Release

From spring 2025, the Gropius Bau will present a comprehensive solo exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking and influential work of artist and activist Yoko Ono. Spanning seven decades of the artist’s powerful, multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1950s to now, YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND will trace the development of her innovative work and its enduring impact on contemporary culture.

The exhibition brings together over 200 works including instruction pieces and scores, installations, films, music and photography, revealing a radical approach to language, art and participation that continues to speak to the present moment. Organised by Tate Modern, London, in collaboration with Gropius Bau, Berlin, and Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Curated by Patrizia Dander, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, Gropius Bau, and Juliet Bingham, Curator, International Art, Tate Modern.

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About the Artist

Yoko Ono is a pioneer of the 1960s movements of Conceptual and Performance art, and a musician and an activist. Since the 1960s, Ono has challenged conventional boundaries in art, integrating audience participation, social activism, and multimedia experimentation into her practice.

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About the Gallery

The Berliner Festspiele, founded in 1951, is a multidisciplinary cultural institution that realises and presents festivals, exhibitions and other event formats in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, the Gropius Bau and many other Berlin venues.

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