Watch Yoko Ono's incredible "Cut Piece" performance art from 1964

This is a favorite of mine for one reason. In 2014 we took the kids to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, like my mother had done with my brothers and I when we were young. They had a retrospective exhibit celebrating their 75th anniversary, which included showing “Cut Piece” on a loop. My 8 year old son was mesmerized. Later he told me he was worried that someone was going to hurt her, so we went back and watched the whole thing to make sure she was okay. Though I told him this was recorded a long time ago and they probably wouldn’t be showing it if someone hurt her.

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