Screening & Talk | One to One: John & Yoko

November 18, 20256:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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Edlis Neeson Theater

Black and white image of John Lennon playing an acoustic guitar and Yoko Ono reading lyrics at a piano

Yoko Ono, a child, and John Lennon sitting in the back seat of a car

Three-quarter portrait of a man with light skin and salt-and-pepper hair wearing a dark blue button down shirt against a black screen

Promotional poster for One to One, John and Yoko featuring the yellow text separating Yoko Ono on the right side of the sheet as she wraps her arms around John Lennon who appears on the left side of the sheet

À propos de l'événement

Watch never-before-seen footage that follows the life of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1970s New York City, including their only complete concert. A conversation with award-winning director Kevin Macdonald follows the film.

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Access Information

English CART captioning is available for this talk. To request additional accessibility services, please contact us at [email protected] or 312-397-4076.

Related Exhibition

October 18, 2025 - February 22, 2026

Yoko Ono : Musique de l'esprit

Financement

Evénement

Lead support for the 2025–26 season of MCA Talks is made possible by The Richard and Mary L. Gray Lecture Series through a generous gift to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign.

Generous support is provided by The Antje B. and John J. Jelinek Endowed Lecture and Symposium on Contemporary Art; the Kristina Barr Lectures, which were established through a generous gift by The Barr Fund to the Chicago Contemporary Campaign; The Gloria Brackstone Solow and Eugene A. Solow, MD, Memorial Lecture Series; and the Allen M. Turner Tribute Fund, honoring his past leadership as Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Exposition

Lead support for Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind is provided by the Harris Family Foundation in memory of Bette and Neison Harris, the Zell Family Foundation, Cari and Michael Sacks, Karyn and Bill Silverstein, and R. H. Defares.

Major support is provided by Bank of America; Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Don Kaul; Christie’s; Laura and Tony Davis and Linden Capital Partners; Liz and Eric Lefkofsky; Lugano; D. Elizabeth Price; Robin Loewenberg Tebbe and Mark Tebbe; Charlotte R. Cramer Wagner and Herbert S. Wagner III of Wagner Foundation; and the Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation.

Generous support is provided by The Francis L. Lederer Foundation.

This exhibition is supported by the MCA’s Women Artists Initiative, a philanthropic commitment to further equity across gender lines and promote the work and ideas of women artists.