Yoko Ono’s Sky Piece to Jesus Christ + Cut Piece
The Broad and REDCAT present two stagings of Yoko Ono’s iconic performances in conjunction with The Broad’s special exhibition, Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind.
Sky Piece to Jesus Christ, performed by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), features a six-piece classical music ensemble being slowly wrapped in gauze until the musicians can no longer play their instruments. First presented to the public by Ono at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York in 1965, the work speaks to how everyday occurrences which may feel like interruptions to the creative process can be experienced as inspiration rather than hindrance.
Cut Piece, performed by artist MPA, invites the audience to cut away pieces of the artist’s clothing to take with them while...
The Broad and REDCAT present two stagings of Yoko Ono’s iconic performances in conjunction with The Broad’s special exhibition, Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind.
Sky Piece to Jesus Christ, performed by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), features a six-piece classical music ensemble being slowly wrapped in gauze until the musicians can no longer play their instruments. First presented to the public by Ono at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York in 1965, the work speaks to how everyday occurrences which may feel like interruptions to the creative process can be experienced as inspiration rather than hindrance.
Cut Piece, performed by artist MPA, invites the audience to cut away pieces of the artist’s clothing to take with them while the artist sits silently onstage. Debuted by Ono at Yamaichi Hall in Kyoto in 1964, it is widely considered Ono’s best-known performance piece, addressing themes of power, violence, and objectification.
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Please note: Yoko Ono will not be a part of or in attendance of the performance.
This event takes place off-site at REDCAT Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater, located directly across 2nd St from The Broad at 631 W 2nd St. REDCAT box office and lounge open 2 hours before showtime for ticket pick up. Pick up your tickets and then head to The Broad to see the exhibition before the performances on Saturday or before or after the performances on Sunday.
Tickets include same-day admission to Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, The Broad’s third-floor rotating collection galleries, and The Shop at The Broad during regular hours (Saturday and Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm). Simply show your physical REDCAT ticket or proof of purchase at The Broad’s main entrance.
Tickets do not include access to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013), which must be booked separately.
To learn more and plan your trip: redcat.org/visit. Visitor policies are subject to change.
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) ranks among the world’s top musical ensembles. Beloved by audiences and praised by critics, the Orchestra is a preeminent interpreter of historical masterworks and, with eight ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming, a champion of contemporary composers. Headquartered in the heart of the country's cultural capital, LACO has been proclaimed “America’s finest chamber orchestra” (Public Radio International), “LA’s most unintimidating chamber music experience” (Los Angeles magazine), “resplendent” (Los Angeles Times), and “one of the world's great chamber orchestras"(KUSC Classical FM). Performing throughout greater Los Angeles, the Orchestra has made 32 recordings, toured Europe, South America, and Japan, and appeared in concert across North America. www.laco.org
MPA
MPA is a performance and visual artist. Enriched with ritual and theatricality, her artworks critically examine behaviors of power and have proposed questions on the global arms race, patriarchy as governance, life on another planet, and the dysfunctional union of art with capitalist commodity. Her art is expressed through installation, performance, sculpture, and photography. Her artworks have been widely exhibited, including the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, Whitney Museum of American Art, Hammer Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Gessnerallee Theater, and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca. A frequent collaborator, MPA is a recognized muse for many contemporary photographers and filmmakers. Since 2013, MPA has been a visiting professor of art at the California Institute of Art and in the New Genres Art Department at UCLA. In 2025, MPA completed training at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles, CA and at present is engaged with acting for TV, film, and theater.
Photo courtesy of the artist
Yoko Ono, Sky Piece to Jesus Christ (1965), performed in Yoko Ono: Half-A-Wind Show, Louisiana Art Museum, Humlebæk, Denmark, 2013. Photograph by Bjarke Ørsted. Artwork © Yoko Ono; Yoko Ono performing Cut Piece (1964) in New Works of Yoko Ono, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, March 21, 1965. Photograph by Minoru Niizuma. Artwork © Yoko Ono