How Yoko Ono went from hate-figure to art icon
John Lennon's widow was once an object of ridicule. A new Tate exhibition argues it's time to see her as a great artist in her own right
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John Lennon's widow was once an object of ridicule. A new Tate exhibition argues it's time to see her as a great artist in her own right
In a new exhibition of her work at Tate Modern, Yoko Ono is described as “a leading figure in conceptual and performance art, experimental film and music”. This is true, but omits what most people would think of when the 90-year-old artist’s name comes to mind – her years, throughout the 1970s, as the wife and collaborator of John Lennon.
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