yoko ono in asahi grafu (asahi graphic) magazine
A Japanese magazine issued on August 16th 1974. Images kindly contributed by Miki.

from the art of new york to benefit katrina victims
NY1 News (January 7th 2006): "The free "From The Art of New York" exhibition will take place at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden at West Street between Vesey and Liberty Streets from February 22-28. Exhibiting artists include Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Yoko Ono, LeRoy Neiman, Peter Max, Tom Otterness, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Gehry, Danny Simmons, Kiki Smith and others."

minoru hirata's photos of avant-garde artists in 1960's
Mikihito Hori sent in information about a photograph exhibition in Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan (November 5th 2005 - January 15th 2006)

Press release: "Japan of the 1960's that faced mass society situation under high economic growth. While national events such as the Tokyo Olympics and Osaka expositions were held, rebellious movements such as Vietnamese anti-war movements and the university disputes, etc. by young people have risen. Young avant-garde artists who demanded a new art expression in such an age went out from the museum and the art gallery to the streets exceeding the frame of an existing art. High Red Center (Jiro Takamatsu, Genpei Akasegawa, and Natsuyuki Nakanishi), YOKO ONO, Nam June Paik, Ushio Shinohara, Kanko Geijutsu Kennkyujo (Hiroshi Nakamura and Koichi Tateishi), and Zero Jigen (Yoshihiro Kato and Shinichi Iwata, etc.).

One of the photos in the exhibition is of Yoko Ono performing Bottle Piece in 1964 (see Bottle Piece photos on the right).

yoko at kenny's castaways in 1973
Mikihiko Hori contributed images from the original brochure for this gig by Yoko, called "Yoko Ono appearing at Kenny's Castaways on 84th off 3rd Avenue October 23rd to 28th with Plastic Ono Super Band"

looking at words:
the formal presence of text in modern and contemporary works on paper
Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY: October 28th 2005 - January 14th 2006

By Yoko Ono:
Piece for Nam June Paik No. 1
water
March 27, 1964 Yoko Ono
Ink on paper

Also a new piece by Yoko Ono, "On line" (2005).

yoko ono at canal room
Photos of this performance by Yoko on November 29th 2005:
"Quantum Shift: A Benefit For The Warmth Of South Asian Earthquake Survivors Suphala in concert with Yoko Ono, Edie Brickell, Harper Simon, and Sean Lennon"

everyman... everywoman...
Images from the new music video by Yoko Ono, 2005.

© Minoru Hirata 1964