Dream Together, Yoko Ono's message of hope on the Metropolitan's facade

New York ’s Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens its doors to the public in a few days, on August 29, after being closed for more than five months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Visitors will be greeted by two special banners placed on the facade created by Yoko Ono (Tokyo, 1933): in the space usually dedicated to temporary exhibitions that the museum venue hosts, two words,"DREAM" and"TOGETHER," now read.

A"message of resilience and hope addressed to all New Yorkers," commented Max Hollein, director of the Met. "Ono is the ideal artist for the making of these banners,“ he added, ”because on the one hand she is very connected to New York, but she is also an immigrant who has traveled the world and has a global perspective, so she transposes that into her art, into her work." Indeed, the artist has Japanese ancestry.

“It’s a sign of life resuming in New Yok City and at the Met, places where there is a sense of shared optimism toward the power that art has to bring comfort, to inspire resilience, and to help us understand and overcome difficult times,” said Met President Daniel Weiss.

Yoko Ono’s DREAM TOGETHER will remain visible on the facade of the Met from August 20 to September 13, 2020.

Ph.Credit Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dream Together, Yoko Ono's message of hope on the Metropolitan's facade

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