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Yoko Ono: The Riverbed To Jun 3

Leave it to Yoko Ono to find Zen in broken coffee cups. Mend Piece, first created in 1966, asks visitors to reassemble porcelain pieces with tape, string and glue while sipping freshly brewed coffee in an all-white room. Two concurrent installations, and , expand on the theme of inner calm and togetherness. As all are interactive exhibitions, hold a smooth river stone inscribed with words such as “wish” and “remember,” or hang lengths of twine around a gallery room. $15, GARDINER MUSEUM, 111 QUEEN’S PK.

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