Overview

• Attendance to the Neue Nationalgalerie retrospective has surged past 200,000 visitors, underscoring widespread engagement with Ono’s work
• Organizers invite attendees to bring personal bells for a collective ringing ritual symbolizing hope, solidarity and a vision of change
• Its companion exhibition, “Music of the Mind” at Martin Gropius Bau, presents over 200 conceptual and experimental works by the artist
• Interactive installations such as the all-white chess variant “Vertrauen lernen” illustrate Ono’s enduring focus on participatory art and trust building
• The dual retrospectives trace Ono’s journey from Tokyo and New York avant-garde circles to her role as a peace activist and cultural innovator