Introduction

Thanks to its special relationship with General Idea, the Stedelijk can now present the largest-­ever survey of their oeuvre. In 1979, the Stedelijk was the first museum in the world to host an exhibition of their work and began collecting it. Because of this history, General Idea came to consider Amsterdam as their ‘second home’ and gifted the Stedelijk a large part of General Idea’s archive in 2018, making the museum a major knowledge center for their work. With over 300 works, this traveling exhibition’s stop in the Netherlands is a second homecoming for General Idea.

The exhibition was first presented at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa in 2022 and continues to Gropius Bau, Berlin from September 22, 2023 to January 14, 2024.

General Idea
Stedelijk Museum
Museumplein 10
1071 DJ Amsterdam
April 1 – July 16, 2023
www.stedelijk.nl