Gilbert & George Makes its American Debut at the de Young

The first major retrospective in more than twenty-five years of the art of Gilbert & George arrives at the de Young Museum February 16, 2008, after a European tour. With more than 50 pictures, from 1971 to the present, conceived and organized by Britain’s Tate Gallery with the full support and collaboration of the artists, this exhibition is mounted on a scale that is both unprecedented and never-to-be-repeated. Gilbert & George consider this the definitive presentation of their work to date.
Gilbert & George show builds on the tremendous interest generated by their mid-career retrospectives in the late 1980s and the 1990s in Europe, China, and the United States, and their art at the 2005 Venice Biennale, where they unveiled the Ginkgo Pictures, which will be represented in this exhibition.
The de Young is the first of only three North American venues for Gilbert & George. Prior to coming to the de Young, the exhibition was on view at the Tate Modern, London, Haus der Kunst, Munich, and Castello de Rivoli, Turin.
It will travel to the Milwaukee Art Museum June through September 2008, and will end its international tour at the Brooklyn Museum of Art October 2008 through January 2009.