Hair Peace: In Honor of Yoko Ono’s MoMA Show, a Look Back at Her Most Influential Hair Moments

Today, the Museum of Modern Art opens “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1962-1971,” a collection of Ono’s eclectic array of work that traverses genres and mediums. Throughout her career, everything from the viewer (Touch Other People), to the apple (Apple), to her own body (Cut Piece) has been an opportunity for art and political commentary. Even Ono’s own hair was famously employed more than once as a symbol or sign of protest. Following her and John Lennon’s 1969 wedding day, for which they donned matching grown-out waves and white ensembles as indications of gender equality, the couple invited press to an Amsterdam hotel room where they snuggled beneath signs reading “Hair Peace.” and “Bed Peace.,” demonstrating a desire to turn the public’s focus away from war and toward more pacifying headlines.

In 1970, the two famously sheared their lengths, in part for a bit of welcome anonymity, but primarily to auction off in support of Black House—a home for disadvantaged youth in London—at the request of activist Michael X. And though Yoko would once again embrace an enveloping raven-hued mane, it is with her now signature short, textured hair that the 82-year-old welcomes her MoMA exhibit. Here, a look at five of the artist’s most iconic moments in hair.

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