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    1. Yoko Ono’s Festival Yoko Ono, who turns 80 next year, has just been announced as director of the next Meltdown Festival, the annual 10-day music festival at London’s Southbank Centre. The iconic artist follows in the footsteps of some impressive directors, including David Bowie and Patti Smith! The festival runs from June 14 to June 23, 2013.  Yoko Ono’s Festival Yoko Ono, who turns 80 next year, has just been announced as director of the next Meltdown Festival, the annual 10-day music festival at London’s Southbank Centre. The iconic artist follows in the footsteps of some impressive directors, including David Bowie and Patti Smith! The festival runs from June 14 to June 23, 2013. 

      November 11, 2012

      Yoko Ono’s Festival

      Yoko Ono, who turns 80 next year, has just been announced as director of the next Meltdown Festival, the annual 10-day music festival at London’s Southbank Centre.

      The iconic artist follows in the footsteps of some impressive directors, including David Bowie and Patti Smith!

      The festival runs from June 14 to June 23, 2013. 

      Tags: artists, yoko ono, events,

    2. Lennon Exhibition in NY Yoko Ono has lent some personal drawings by John Lennon to New York gallery 130 Prince St. for an exhibition that would have marked the singer’s 72nd birthday. Most of the works are quick sketches and display Lennon’s experimentation with the technique of sumi ink drawing. Some of the drawings created on his honeymoon were famously confiscated by police in 1970, on account of their explicit content!  The Artwork of John Lennon will feature 100 drawings and sketches by the late Beatle. A US$2 donation is suggested, and all proceeds will benefit the charity Citymeals-on-Wheels. The show runs from Friday, October 5 through Tuesday, October 9, John Lennon’s birthday. Lennon Exhibition in NY Yoko Ono has lent some personal drawings by John Lennon to New York gallery 130 Prince St. for an exhibition that would have marked the singer’s 72nd birthday. Most of the works are quick sketches and display Lennon’s experimentation with the technique of sumi ink drawing. Some of the drawings created on his honeymoon were famously confiscated by police in 1970, on account of their explicit content!  The Artwork of John Lennon will feature 100 drawings and sketches by the late Beatle. A US$2 donation is suggested, and all proceeds will benefit the charity Citymeals-on-Wheels. The show runs from Friday, October 5 through Tuesday, October 9, John Lennon’s birthday.

      October 05, 2012

      Lennon Exhibition in NY

      Yoko Ono has lent some personal drawings by John Lennon to New York gallery 130 Prince St. for an exhibition that would have marked the singer’s 72nd birthday.

      Most of the works are quick sketches and display Lennon’s experimentation with the technique of sumi ink drawing. Some of the drawings created on his honeymoon were famously confiscated by police in 1970, on account of their explicit content! 

      The Artwork of John Lennon will feature 100 drawings and sketches by the late Beatle. A US$2 donation is suggested, and all proceeds will benefit the charity Citymeals-on-Wheels.

      The show runs from Friday, October 5 through Tuesday, October 9, John Lennon’s birthday.

      Tags: john lennon, yoko ono, artists, exhibitions,

    3. Yoko Ono Gives Prize to Pussy Riot Performance artist Yoko Ono has presented this year’s LennonOno grant for peace to the jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot. “I thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief of freedom of expression and making all women of the world proud to be women,” said Yoko Ono at the ceremony, as she presented the award to Pyotr Verzilov, husband of one of the members of the group.  The presentation of the award coincides with the global commemoration of the International Day of Peace. Yoko Ono Gives Prize to Pussy Riot Performance artist Yoko Ono has presented this year’s LennonOno grant for peace to the jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot. “I thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief of freedom of expression and making all women of the world proud to be women,” said Yoko Ono at the ceremony, as she presented the award to Pyotr Verzilov, husband of one of the members of the group.  The presentation of the award coincides with the global commemoration of the International Day of Peace.

      September 24, 2012

      Yoko Ono Gives Prize to Pussy Riot

      Performance artist Yoko Ono has presented this year’s LennonOno grant for peace to the jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot.

      “I thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief of freedom of expression and making all women of the world proud to be women,” said Yoko Ono at the ceremony, as she presented the award to Pyotr Verzilov, husband of one of the members of the group. 

      The presentation of the award coincides with the global commemoration of the International Day of Peace.

      Tags: yoko ono, artists, event,

    4. Be Part Of Yoko Ono’s Project “My ultimate goal in film-making is to make a film which includes a smiling face snap of every single human being in the world.” Yoko Ono, 1967 Check out how to be part of Yoko Ono’s #SmilesFilm project, it is super quick and simple.  Be Part Of Yoko Ono’s Project “My ultimate goal in film-making is to make a film which includes a smiling face snap of every single human being in the world.” Yoko Ono, 1967 Check out how to be part of Yoko Ono’s #SmilesFilm project, it is super quick and simple. 

      June 20, 2012

      Be Part Of Yoko Ono’s Project

      “My ultimate goal in film-making is to make a film which includes a smiling face snap of every single human being in the world.” Yoko Ono, 1967

      Check out how to be part of Yoko Ono’s #SmilesFilm project, it is super quick and simple. 

      Tags: yoko ono, events, contemporary art, photography,