lennon’s
family is suing for using the song imagine without permission
Liverpool
Echo (April 25th 2008): "The former Beatle's widow, Yoko Ono and his sons
Sean and Julian have filed a legal action in Manhattan against the producers of
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Yoko Ono says the film gives the impression
she approved the song's use, leading to accusations from internet bloggers that
she was “selling out”." According to Cinema
Blend, "Ono’s complaint says that she was never approached about
the rights to use the footage." yoko ono 'sorry'
for paul mccartney over divorce
The Press Association (April 4th 2008):
"I'm very sorry for him to have had to go through all that. I haven't spoken
to him about that but it's a subject which he probably doesn't want to discuss
with other people. All I can say is it's not very easy for a woman to be associated
with The Beatles. I think all the wives did suffer, and I think quietly suffer.
Suffer but endured, I would actually say." "Ono
visited Mendips, on Menlove Avenue in Woolton, Liverpool, to mark the fifth anniversary
of her buying and immediately donating it to the National Trust."
a
court fight over ownership of four days of video footage
Boston Herald
(April 4th 2008): "World Wide purchased 24 original videotapes and, allegedly,
their copyrights from Anthony Cox, Ono’s husband prior to Lennon, for $125,000
in 2000. Cox shot the intimate footage in early 1970." the
tomorrow show: john, paul, tom, and ringo
Express from The Washington
Post (March 31st 2008): "New DVD set "The Tomorrow Show: John, Paul,
Tom, and Ringo" from the nostalgians at Shout! Factory. While the collection
is obviously not a Lennon-only affair, it's his segment that makes the two-DVD
package worth owning. "Tom Snyder's 1975 interview with
Lennon, which turned out to be the last TV interview he ever gave, thereafter
forgoing music to focus on his family." "Asked
why he's fighting to stay in a place he's not wanted, Lennon wryly noted, "Because
I'd like to live in the land of the free, Tom." jonas
mekas and andy warhol in exhibition fluxus to media art
Press release:
Avant-Gardists Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol, George Maciunas, Fluxus, Nam June Paik,
Marcel Duchamp, Hans Richter, and Fernand Léger in Exhibition "Fluxus
to Media Art" at Maya Stendhal Gallery, Chelsea, New York; Free Film Downloads
Available at www.jonasmekas.com "A
steadfast commitment to his signature diarist cinema, this telling compilation
reveals relationships with friends and collaborators George Maciunas, Andy Warhol,
Nam June Paik, Shigeko Kubota, Ben Vautier, and Yoko Ono as well as momentous
scenes from when The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center opened in Vilnius, Lithuania
late last year."
yoko
ono: touch me
An exhibition by Yoko Ono in Galerie Lelong, New York:
April 18th - May 18th 2008 femail
Read
Yoko's replies to some of her fanmail at MySpace. yoko
ono pays tribute to neil aspinall
Gigwise (March 25th 2008): "Neil
was an important member of The Beatles family. John [Lennon] loved him. I continued
to treasure his wisdom and support in the years after John's passing."
liverpool
08
U TV (March 26th 2008) : (Liverpool's European Capital of Culture
celebrations) include a Yoko Ono exhibition at John Lennon Airport and further
commissions to be unveiled in time for next month`s Grand National. Yoko Ono has
also given her support to Liverpool's
European Capital of Culture celebrations by signing up to be an official 08
Ambassador.
yoko
ono cut piece played by jorge artajo and ana rossetti
Jorge Artajo:
"For the launch event of our book "Buenos días Sr. Hoy"
("Good Morning Mr. Today") we played several pieces taken from Yoko
Ono's book "GRAPEFRUIT", related
to the whole idea of the book. We wanted our book to be a celebration of daily
life with its joys, sorrows, nuisances, or fun. We would love to make us realize
how fortunate we are for just having the chance of being alive." "marrying
a beatle is a dangerous move for a woman"
The Independent (March
20th 2008): "It's arguable whether Linda was hated quite as much as John
Lennon's second wife, the Japanese conceptual artist Yoko Ono, who has been accused
of everything from influencing her husband's politics to breaking up the Beatles." angela
davis is still fighting the power
The Voice (March 18th 2008): "Her
imprisonment gained international attention, and a massive ‘Free Angela Davis’
campaign was supported by many, including John Lennon and Yoko Ono who released
the song Angela, and the Rolling Stones who sang Sweet
Black Angel. The campaign later led to her acquittal by an all-white jury in 1972."
Angela Davis first came to national attention in 1969 when she was removed from
her teaching position at UCLA because of her radical politics. "“I
think we have a messiah complex in America,” she said, warning that diversity
among those in power does not necessarily translate into liberation for all." london's
riots of 1968 provided the backdrop to a rock'n'roll battle royale
Independent
(March 9th 2008): "Lennon had only recently become politically aware at all
– in many ways he discovered politics for the first time in 1968." yoko
ono to top the bill as liverpool's historic bluecoat gallery reopens
The
Guardian (March 5th 2008): "I fell in love with Liverpool the first time
I went there as an artist," she said. "When I arrived, the first thing
that caught my eyes was the elegance of the city by the water. Performing at the
Bluecoat is an experience I've never forgotten."
john
lennon museum: an all-around inspiration
A review of the museum: "I
was also struck by the photographic timeline leading to John and Yoko’s first
meeting during her November 9, 1966 “Unfinished Paintings and Objects”
art exhibition. The photos, accompanied by descriptions, indicate an instant artistic
and human connection between the two." wish
trees
Yoko Ono's Wish Tree will be available for your wishes at Noise
Pop (California, February 26th - March 2nd 2008), Mobile
Art (Hongkong, February 27th - April 5th 2008), and Abingdon
Arts Festival 2008 (Britain, March 1st - 15th 2008) Please
note that all the wishes will be eventually collected from the Wish Trees and
sent to the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy
Island, Reykjavik, Iceland.
yoko
ono art lectures in hungary
Public lectures at the Ludwig Museum (LUMÚ)
include Yoko Ono's art. "Completing the courses is an extraordinary experience.
By the end you will have a firm grasp of the art of our time," the museum
representative says. "They are so intimate, we smell the art." yoko
ono about john's visual art
Scripps Newspaper Group: "Just living
— living in a sense that I’m thankful of every moment. Because some
people don’t last that long, and so every day’s like a bonus. And I’m
feeling good." 
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