General Idea

*1969-1994 / Canada

Works

Solo exhibitions

General Idea

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
22 Sep 2023 – 14 Jan 2024
GENERAL IDEA

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (CA)
3 Jun 2022 – 20 Nov 2022
General Idea

Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich (CH)
18 Jan 2019 – 2 Mar 2019
Photographs (1969-1980)

MAMCO art contemporain, Genève (CH)
30 May 2017 – 4 Feb 2018
Tiempo partido

Malba Museum, Buenos Aires (AR)
24 Mar 2017 – 26 Jun 2017
P is for Poodle

Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich (CH)
13 Sep 2013 – 27 Oct 2013
Haute Culture

Retrospective, 1969-1994

AGO Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto (CA)
30 Jul 2011 – 1 Jan 2012
Works 1968 - 1995

Stampa Galerie, Basel (CH)
5 Sep 2008 – 1 Nov 2008
General Idea

Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich (CH)
11 Nov 2006 – 7 Jan 2007
General Idea Editions 1967-1995

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
25 Jun 2006 – 20 Aug 2006
General Idea Editions

Esther Schipper, Berlin (DE)
25 Jun 2006 – 29 Jul 2006

Group

Barbara Bloom, General Idea

Laurenz, Wien (AT)
15 Oct 2026 – 12 Dec 2026

with Barbara Bloom
Video Killed the Radio Star

The 1980s and their Cultural Echoes

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
12 Jun 2026 – 11 Oct 2026

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Sophie Calle, Mel Chin, Guenther Foerg, Nan Goldin, Jack Goldstein, Andreas Gursky, Joyce Joumaa, Isaac Julien, Michel Majerus …
Light Years: The Phil Lind Gift

AGO Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto (CA)
1 Feb 2025 – 2 Nov 2025

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Andrew Dadson, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, William Eggleston, Antony Gormley, Rodney Graham, William Kentridge, Thomas Ruff, Laurie Simmons, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jeff Wall …
Knowledge Is a Garden

Uriel Orlow im Dialog mit der Sammlung des Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
28 Sep 2024 – 29 Jan 2025

with Maria Eichhorn, Susan Hiller, Uriel Orlow
A Model

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
9 Feb 2024 – 8 Sep 2024

with Sophia Al-Maria, Nina Beier, Tomaso Binga, Andrea Bowers, Ali Cherri, Tony Cokes, Isaac Julien, Renzo Martens, Melvin Moti, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Krista Belle Stewart, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen) …
Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale

Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK)
23 Jun 2023 – 23 Jul 2023

with Hans-Peter Feldmann, Irena Haiduk , Koo Jeong-A, Maja Malou Lyse, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen), Martine Syms
Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen

Gegenwartskunst aus dem Lenbachhaus und der KiCo Stiftung

Lenbachhaus, München (DE)
29 Sep 2020 – 1 Aug 2021

with AA Bronson, Monica Bonvicini, Candice Breitz, Valie Export, Barbara Hammann, Annette Kelm, Barbara Klemm, Senga Nengudi , Helga Paris, Friederike Pezold, Tejal Shah, Cindy Sherman …
AA BRONSON + GENERAL IDEA

Maureen Paley, London (GB)
30 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with AA Bronson
Catch me if you can!

AA Bronson + General Idea, 1968–2018

Esther Schipper, Berlin (DE)
27 Apr 2018 – 26 May 2018

with AA Bronson
Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington (US)
14 Feb 2018 – 13 May 2018

with Gretchen Bender, Ashley Bickerton, Barbara Bloom, Jessica Diamond, Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Kruger, Ken Lum, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Krzyztof Wodiczko
An Incomplete History of Protest

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
18 Aug 2017 – 11 May 2018

with Andrea Bowers, Mark Bradford, AA Bronson, Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson, Larry Fink, Theaster Gates, Guerrilla Girls, Rashid Johnson, Mary Kelly, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT

MAMCO art contemporain, Genève (CH)
28 Feb 2018 – 29 Apr 2018

with Alex Bag, Gretchen Bender, Jennifer Bolande, Gilbert & George, Rodney Graham, Gary Gross, Robert Heinecken, Pierre Huyghe, Mike Kelley, Mark Leckey, Paul McCarthy, Allan McCollum …
Being Modern: MoMA in Paris

Fondation Louis Vuitton , Paris (FR)
11 Oct 2017 – 5 Mar 2018

with Laurie Anderson, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Mark Bradford, Constantin Brancusi, Lygia Clark, Trisha Donnelly, Sergei Eisenstein, Walker Evans, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Andrea Geyer, David Hammons …
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2014

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2014 – 31 May 2014

with Martina Bacigalupo, Rebecca Belmore, Bill Burke, Sophie Calle, Dana Claxton, Stan Douglas, David Favrod, Charles Freger, Rafael Goldchain, Rodney Graham, Rob Hornstra, Hendrik Kerstens …
LOVE AIDS RIOT SEX 2

nGbK Neue Gesellschaft, Berlin (DE)
18 Jan 2014 – 3 Mar 2014

with Bewegung Nurr, Sunil Gupta, Doug Ischar, Dominik Lejman, Ono Ludwig, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Irina Popova, Hunter Reynolds, Pola Sieverding, Wolfgang Tillmans
Minimal Resistance

Between late modernism and globalisation: artistic practices during the 80s and 90s

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
16 Oct 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with Ignasi Aballi, Pep Agut, Txomin Badiola, Lothar Baumgarten, Dara Birnbaum, Cabello & Carceller, Jordi Colomer, Harun Farocki, Fischli & Weiss, Dora Garcia, Dan Graham, Guerrilla Girls …
CONTINENTAL DRIFT I

Konzeptkunst in Kanada: Die 1960er und 70er Jahre

Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (DE)
19 Apr 2013 – 8 Sep 2013

with Ken Lum, Michael Snow, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace
This Will Have Been

Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
15 Nov 2012 – 3 Mar 2013

with Judith Barry, Ashley Bickerton, Sophie Calle, Jimmie Durham, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Jack Goldstein, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, David Hammons, Peter Hujar, Isaac Julien …
Exchange and Evolution: Worldwide Video Long Beach 1974-1999

Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach (US)
7 Oct 2011 – 12 Feb 2012

with Robert Cahen, Tony Cokes, Gary Hill, Nan Hoover, Mako Idemitsu, Sanja Ivekovic, Joan Jonas, Thierry Kuntzel, Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Bjoern Melhus, Antoni Muntadas, Marcel Odenbach …
Frieze Art Fair - Photography

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Robert Adams, Pilar Albarracin, Victor Alimpiev, Helena Almeida, Darren Almond, Ziad Antar, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Kader Attia, Roger Ballen, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Yto Barrada …
Neugierig? / Curious?

Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Bonn (DE)
29 Jan 2010 – 2 May 2010

with Vito Acconci, Doug Aitken, Heike Baranowsky, Hubert Becker, John Bock, Carol Bove, Birgit Brenner, Anthony Burdin, Patty Chang, Hanne Darboven, Cheryl Donegan, Sam Durant …
Kopf an Kopf

Serielle Porträtfotografie

Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen (DE)
15 Sep 2007 – 25 Nov 2007

with Valerie Belin, Christian Boltanski, Luc Delahaye, Alexander Honory, Alfredo Jaar, Noah Kalina, Juergen Klauke, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Jonathan Monk, Olaf Nicolai, Ken Ohara, Ralf Peters …
General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1990–2004

Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco (US)
15 Sep 2005 – 13 Nov 2005

with Francis Alys, Adam Chodzko, Andrea Fraser, Emily Jacir, Gabriel Orozco, Santiago Sierra

Events

Copenhagen Photo Festival 2025

Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
12 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Vito Acconci, Pia Arke, Kader Attia, Jacob Aue Sobol, Richard Avedon, Jette Bang, Salih Basheer, Trisha Brown, Guenter Brus, Daniel Buren, Arvida Bystroem …
Amsterdam Art Week 2023

Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam (NL)
31 May 2023 – 4 Jun 2023

with Albarran Cabrera, Beni Bischof, Ernest Cole, Paul Cupido, Sara Cwynar, Ryan Gander, Saodat Ismailova, Anouk Kruithof, Sem Langendijk, Willy Spiller
KIAF Korea International Art Fair 2021

KIAF Korea International Art Fair, Seoul (KR)
15 Oct 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Angela Bulloch, Ryan Gander, Gilbert & George, Ann Veronica Janssens, Robert Mapplethorpe, Philippe Parreno, Alex Prager, Hito Steyerl, Won Seoung Won, Erwin Wurm
VIDEONALE.18

FLUID STATES. SOLID MATTER

Videonale, Bonn (DE)
4 Mar 2021 – 18 Apr 2021

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Marwa Arsanios, Sadie Benning, Eli Cortinas, Thirza Cuthand, Anouk De Clercq, Kevin Jerome Everson, Dora Garcia, Barbara Hammer, Kristin Lucas, Adrian Paci, Sondra Perry …
Frieze Masters 2019

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
3 Oct 2019 – 6 Oct 2019

with Richard Hamilton, LIU Heung Shing, Susan Hiller, Man Ray , Keith Smith, William Wegman
Art Basel 2018

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
14 Jun 2018 – 17 Jun 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Dove Allouche, Darren Almond, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Primoz Bizjak, Carina Brandes, Candice Breitz, Edward Burtynsky, Gerard Byrne, James Casebere, Andre Cepeda …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2017

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
7 Dec 2017 – 10 Dec 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Darren Almond, Claudia Andujar, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Dawoud Bey, Matti Braun, AA Bronson, James Casebere, Talia Chetrit, Louisa Clement, Sara Cwynar …
Vintage Photobook Fair 2017

Paris Vintage Photobook fair, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Hans Bellmer, Nina Korhonen, Ed Ruscha, August Sander, Paul Schuitema, Terri Weifenbach