Why Yoko Ono's First LA Museum Show Matters

Why Yoko Ono's First LA Museum Show Matters
© Gropius Bau, photo: Luca Girardini. Artwork © Yoko Ono.

Installation view of My Mommy is Beautiful in Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany, 2025.

Yoko Ono, the visionary artist, musician, and activist whose work has shaped contemporary culture for more than seven decades, will be celebrated at The Broad in Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in Southern California, organized in collaboration with Tate Modern, London. In spring 2026, visitors will be invited to directly participate in many of Ono’s works that transform simple acts into expressions of peace and connection. The Broad’s olive trees on East West Bank Plaza will become Wish Trees for Los Angeles, a key installation (first realized in 1996 at Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica) inviting audiences to tie their own wishes to the tree branches in a living expression of hope in Los Angeles. The exhibition will be on view May 23 through October 11, 2026. 

Event Information
Start Date: May 23, 2026
End Date: October 11, 2026
Venue: The Broad

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