Exhibition Inauguration: YOKO ONO: LOOKING FOR …

Inauguration of Exhibition and Unveiling of Historic Plaque at Lady Mitchell Hall

2 March 2019, 11:30 – 12:30

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge CB3 9DE

Speeches by John Dunbar (former owner of the Indica Gallery) & Alan Bookbinder (Master of Downing College, Cambridge)

Yoko Ono and John Lennon at Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge, 2 March 2019. Photo: Eddie Collinson. Image courtesy of Cambridge News.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon at Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge, 2 March 2019. Photo: Eddie Collinson. Image courtesy of Cambridge News.

Showcasing Yoko Ono’s work in the city of Cambridge for the first time ever, the multi-site exhibition YOKO ONO: LOOKING FOR… celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Ono’s first visit to Cambridge and her debut public concert with John Lennon at Cambridge University’s Lady Mitchell Hall on 2 March 1969. The exhibition inaugurates with the unveiling of a historic plaque in the foyer of the Lady Mitchell Hall on 2 March 2019, which will commemorate the event and preserve a hidden gem of Cambridge’s social history. Also in the foyer will be the live recording of the concert ‘Cambridge 1969’ for visitors to listen to until the end of the year.

Images from the Exhibition Inauguration and Plaque Unveiling

Photography by Natalia Gonzalez-Acosta

The event has been documented with articles by BBC News Cambridgeshire and the Cambridge Independent.
A sound installation of the recording of ‘Cambridge 1969’ by Yoko Ono and John Lennon can be listened to in the foyer of Lady Mitchell Hall until the end of 2019.

  • Lady Mitchell Hall
  • Gabriella Daris in conversation with John Dunbar
  • John Dunbar (Indica Gallery)
  • Audience members listening to the recording of 'Cambridge 1969'
  • Members of the audience
  • Audience members studying the exhibitions programme
  • Plaque unveiling
  • Plaque unveiling
  • The commemorative plaque situated in the foyer of Lady Mitchell Hall
  • Gabriella Daris with the plaque she gifted to the University of Cambridge
  • Commemorative Plaque
  • Sound installation in the foyer of Lady Mitchell Hall
  • Listening to 'Cambridge 1969'

Curated by Gabriella Daris, the multi-site exhibition YOKO ONO: LOOKING FOR… will run from 2 March – 31 December 2019 with works displayed at Lady Mitchell Hall, The Heong Gallery, Alison Richard Building, Ruskin Gallery as well as many public sites in the city. For details of the whole programme of exhibitions and events please visit Art Rabbit.