Yoko Ono's Performance Art and Events (1960–1980)

1. Chambers Street loft concert series begins

   Dec 1, 1960Labels: Chambers Street, La Monte

   • Getty Scores
   • MoMA Audio

2. “Voice Piece for Soprano” introduces scored screaming

   Jan 1, 1961Labels: Voice Piece, Yoko Ono

   • Voice Piece

3. AG Gallery hosts Ono’s instruction-based exhibition

   Jul 1, 1961Labels: AG Gallery, George Maciunas

   • Fluxus Foundation

4. First edition of *Grapefruit* published in Tokyo

   Jan 1, 1964Labels: Grapefruit, Wunternaum Press

   • Grapefruit

5. “Cut Piece” premieres in Kyoto

   Jul 20, 1964Labels: Cut Piece, Yamaichi Concert

   • Cut Piece

6. “Cut Piece” repeated at Sogetsu Art Center

   Aug 11, 1964Labels: Cut Piece, Sogetsu Kaikan

   • Cut Piece

7. “Cut Piece” performed at Carnegie Recital Hall

   Mar 21, 1965Labels: Cut Piece, Carnegie Recital

   • Cut Piece
   • Crystal Bridges

8. “Bag Piece” performed at Perpetual Fluxfest

   Jun 27, 1965Labels: Bag Piece, Perpetual Fluxfest

   • MoMA Audio

9. “Cut Piece” staged at Destruction in Art Symposium

   Sep 9, 1966Labels: Cut Piece, Destruction in

   • Cut Piece

10. “Ceiling Painting (YES)” shown at Indica Gallery

    Nov 1, 1966Labels: Ceiling Painting, Indica Gallery

    • Guggenheim Bilbao
    • TopFoto

11. Feature-length “Film No. 4 (Bottoms)” completed in London

    Jan 1, 1967Labels: Film No, Yoko Ono

    • MoMA

12. “Half-a-Wind” exhibition presents “Half-A-Room”

    Oct 1, 1967Labels: Half-A-Room, Lisson Gallery

    • Half A Room

13. Amsterdam Bed-In uses performance as mass media protest

    Mar 25, 1969Labels: Amsterdam Bed-In, John Lennon

    • TIME
    • Beatles Bible

14. Montreal Bed-In culminates in “Give Peace a Chance”

    May 26, 1969Labels: Montreal Bed-In, Give Peace

    • Beatles Bible
    • TIME

15. “War Is Over!” billboard campaign launches globally

    Dec 1, 1969Labels: War Is, Yoko Ono

    • The Nation

16. “This Is Not Here” retrospective opens at Everson Museum

    Oct 9, 1971Labels: This Is, Everson Museum

    • MoMA Collection