CHICAGO (AP) β Yoko Ono’s first permanent public art installation in the United States will be in Chicago.
Ono appeared with Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday at Jackson Park on the city’s South Side, where the installation “SKY LANDING” will open in June 2016.
The idea for the work came when Ono, who is John Lennon’s widow, visited in 2013 for a cherry blossom tree installation.
Jackson Park was the site of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and is one of two sites under consideration to be home to Barack Obama’s presidential library.
Ono’s other public art works include the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland, a tower of light beams that is a tribute to Lennon.
Emanuel also announced a new campaign for public art projects across Chicago.
