TOURIST ATTRACTION: Yoko Ono's museum exhibition features a performance piece (Pic: EPA)
Tourists are flocking to see a quirky exhibition in Germanys Museum of Fine Arts (MdbK).
For limited time only, a Yoko Ono showcase is being held at the Leipzig venue.
Films and rare drawings are among the artistic delights that can be seen on display.
Naked performance artists have also been hired to give guests a show.
Heres everything you need to know about the museum exhibition.
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Yoko Ono, 86, was born in Tokyo.
She is known for a number of reasons – shes a singer, peace activist and the widow of John Lennon.
The Japanese-American woman is also renowned for her art and has been highly acclaimed for her contemporary works.
Shes held a number of popular exhibitions over the years, which is probably why her latest instillation is going down so well.
Currently, she is running her Peace is Power showcase in the MdbK, Leipzig.
STRIPPED BACK: Yoko Ono's showcase features a Cut Piece performance (Pic: EPA)
The exhibition has been created in collaboration with Jon Hendricks and Aldred Wiedinger.
These curators helped her to select the 60 works on display.
There are a wide variety of items on display, from movies to performance art.
The museums website states: “Yoko Ono has expressed herself in a variety of materials in her oeuvre, processing her artistic concerns in installations, films, fluxus pieces, performances and very rarely shown drawings.
“The Museum is particularly honoured that three of her early performances will be staged at the MdbK, directed by Yoko Ono.”
CULTURE VULTURES: During the piece, tourists cut the clothes of a performance artist (Pic: EPA)
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