Yoko Ono will install seven digital billboards across Los Angeles bearing peace messages like "THINK PEACE" and "IMAGINE PEACE," as part of her upcoming exhibition "Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind" at the Broad museum opening May 23. The billboards echo her 1969 "WAR IS OVER!" campaign with John Lennon. Ancillary programming includes re-creations of her performance works "Cut Piece" (1964) and "Sky Piece to Jesus Christ" (1965), plus a concert series "Yoko Only" guest-curated by Yuka Honda featuring Yo La Tengo, Nels Cline, Sleater-Kinney, and others.
The exhibition matters because it underscores Ono's enduring use of mass media and advertising as platforms for humanitarian and political messages, a practice she has sustained since the 1960s. The Broad's curator Sarah Loyer notes that Ono's work remains relevant by placing agency in the audience, and the show arrives amid ongoing global conflicts, though it was planned long before them. This marks a major institutional survey of Ono's career in Los Angeles, highlighting her influence as both a conceptual artist and activist.