Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind at Tate Modern

For decades Yoko Ono was reduced, unfairly, to a footnote in the Beatles' story. Tate Modern's 2024 retrospective 'Music of the Mind' set the record straight, presenting her as a genuine pioneer of conceptual and performance art.

The show traced seven decades of instructions, films, music and participatory works — including the famous 'Cut Piece', in which audience members snipped away her clothing — art built on imagination, peace activism and the viewer's own role.

Ono asked people to complete her works in their minds and actions. The exhibition restored her to her rightful place: a radical artist whose ideas rippled far beyond the gallery.

Image: “Super moon over City of London from Tate Modern 2018-01-31 4” — Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.