Yoko OnoJohn Lennon was shot 28 years ago this month, but his widow, now 75, travels the world preaching peace and love in his name - and in her art. Here she tells Miranda Sawyer about begging for food as a child in wartime Japan, her two husbands before John, and the daughter who was hidden from her for more than 20 years.

Yoko Ono is one of the pioneers of conceptual art and has an international exhibition career spanning nearly 50 years. From Sunday 14 December, BALTIC will present the two-floor exhibition YOKO ONO BETWEEN THE SKY AND MY HEAD, comprising work by Yoko Ono from 1950s to the present. The exhibition, one of the largest exhibitions of Yoko Ono’s work to date, is a major collaborative project with Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, and will occupy two floors of BALTIC with additional works located outside {...}

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art is delighted to announce an artist talk by Yoko Ono, one of the pioneers of conceptual art, on Sunday 14 December 2008. Tickets for the event priced at £10.00 / £6.00 concession go on sale at 9am on Friday 21 November through Ticket Web, please see details below. STOP PRESS - SHOW NOW SOLD OUT (more…)

From November 23rd through December 15th, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts will be hosting Yoko Ono’s first ever solo exhibition in Shanghai. Called Yoko Ono-Fly, the show will present the artist’s diverse work from throughout her long career. Ono herself will be at the exhibition opening, which takes place on the evening of November 22nd at 7pm (more…)

“Our culture has become something that is completely and utterly in love with its present. It’s become a notion of boredom that is bought and sold, where nothing will happen except that people will become more and more terrified of tomorrow, because the new continues to look old, and the old will always look cute.”Malcolm McLaren (more…)

Wish Tree for Pasadena, Yoko Ono’s only West Coast showing of her celebrated Wish Tree installation, just opened. Consisting of 21 living crape myrtle trees installed amongst the café tables and chairs in the One Colorado Courtyard, visitors are invited to write their wishes on pieces of paper and hang them on the tree branches. Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree for Pasadena is free and open to the public. (more…)