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Artist Yoko Ono smiles during the presentation of Half A Wind Show: A Retrospective, at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao

Arts Feb 17

Yoko Ono, and the art of survival

By Brigid Cohen, The Conversation

Arts Sep 21

Yoko Ono pauses at one of the entry points to her art work "Entrance" at the Teatro Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil. Photo taken in 1998. Photo by Reuters
Burn this story about Yoko Ono after you’ve read it

Yoko Ono's 1964 book "Grapefruit," an early experiment in conceptual art, inspired the lyrics to John Lennon's "Imagine." Now, the book is getting its due.

By Joshua Barajas

Nation Jun 21

Trump advisers Steve Bannon (back L) and Jared Kushner (back R) listen as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with members of his Cabinet at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
5 important stories that deserve a second look

Here are five stories that provide some insight into what’s happening outside the Capitol.

By Laura Santhanam, Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas, Iman Smith

Arts Jun 15

Artist Yoko Ono gestures before she was honored as 'Illustrious Visitor' by Mexico City's mayor Miguel Angel Mancera at Mexico City's town hall in 2016. Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters
46 years later, Yoko Ono gets songwriting credit with John Lennon for ‘Imagine’

In a 1980 interview, Lennon said the song “should be credited as a Lennon-Ono song because a lot of it — the lyric and the concept — came from Yoko.” He said he received inspiration from Ono’s 1964 book “Grapefruit.”…

By Alison Thoet

Arts Oct 06

Thousands gather to create human peace sign for John Lennon’s 75th birthday

Thousands of people gathered in Central Park's East Meadow today as Yoko Ono led an attempt to create the largest-ever human peace sign in commemoration of what would have been John Lennon's 75th birthday.

By Corinne Segal

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