For more than sixty years， Yoko Ono has fascinated us as one of the world’s most innovative， radical artists。 From a childhood of both extraordinary privilege and extreme deprivation in war-time Japan， she adopted an outsider’s persona and moved to America where， after a spell at Sarah Lawrence College， she made a place for herself in bohemian arts circles。 She was already twice divorced and established as a performance artist in the Fluxus movement and in Tokyo’s avant-garde scene before her fortuitous meeting with the Beatles’ John Lennon at a London Gallery in 1966。

Their intense yet fraught relationship， reputed to have blown-up the Beatles， made headlines around the world， as did their famous bed-ins in protest of the Vietnam war， and their majestic， Grammy-winning musical collaborations。

Through it all， and for decades after Lennon’s tragic death， she remained defiantly herself。 Yoko Ono: An Artful Life charts her journey of personal turmoil， artistic evolution， and activism， and at last tells her iconic story on her own terms。