Yoko Ono's first solo museum exhibition in Southern California, titled "Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind," opens at The Broad in Los Angeles from May 23 to October 11, 2026. The show traces the evolution of her practice from early Fluxus experiments in the 1950s to her participatory installations of the 2000s, highlighting how her instruction-based works transformed spectators into collaborators.
The exhibition matters because it offers a long-overdue introduction to Ono's influential oeuvre for a broader public that still primarily associates her with John Lennon. By centering her pioneering role in performance art and conceptual practice, the show implicitly challenges that misperception and affirms Ono's standing as a major artist in her own right.