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Selected Bibliography

2007
"El contra arte de General Idea", El Pais, Madrid, January 28, 2007, p. 40
Paul O'Neil, "Group Practice", Art Monthly, London, March 2007, pp. 7-10
Cole, Janis. ěA Sleepless Night of Art,î POV (Toronto), 65 (Spring 2007), pp. 32-33
Joshua Decter, "Infect the Public Domain with an Imagevirus: General Idea's AIDS Project", Afterall, London, Number 15, 2007, pp. 96-105
Untitled Magazine, New York: Feature Gallery
Kunstlerplakate, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfaffikon, Switzerland/Kathe Kollwitz Museum, Cologne, Germany, pp. 232-233
Scenes and Sequences, Peter Blum Edition, New York, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, pp. 98-101
Madame La Baronne Čtait plutot maniČrČe, assez rococo et totalement baroque, Čdition Maison Populaire, Centre d'art Mira Phalaina, Montreuil, France
John O'Brian, Peter White, eds., Beyond Wilderness: The Group of Seven, Canadian Identity, and Contemporary Art, Montreal: McGill Queens University Press
Fonds regional d'art contemporain Limousin, Limoges: Frac Limousin, 2007, pp. 104-105

2006
Lestor Strong, "Then and Now", a&u, New York, Issue 135, January 2006, pp.25-26
Mark. A. Cheetham, Abstract Art Against Autonomy: Infection, Resistance, and Cure Since the 60s, Cambridge University Press, New York
"AIDS into Art", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, August 8, 2006, p. R1
Peter Goddard, "Visual artists come out in solidarity", Toronto Star, Toronto: Saturday, August 12, 2006, p. H1
Art Now: 2007 Taschen Calendar, Taschen, Cologne
AA Bronson and Donít Rhine, "Is This Where We Should Begin?", Make Everything New: A Project on Communicsm, Book Works, London, pp. 38-53
Dissent, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, pp. 4-5
Art Metropole: The Top 100, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Henry, Victoria, ed., Art at Work / LíArt au travail (Ottawa: Goose Lane Editions and Canada Council for the Arts), pp. 86,87, 94, 95
Analogue, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

2005
Eric Banks, "Forever Yonge", Artforum, New York, January 2005, p. 49
Peter Gallo, "The Enduring Epehmera of General Idea", Art in America, New York, March 2005, pp. 80-83
David Pagell, "The message is back - this time with tales to tell", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, March 30, 2005
Collective Creativity/Kollective Kreativitat (exhibrtion catalogue), Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Peter Frank, "The Dish: Art", Angeleno, Los Angeles, USA
Expérience de la durée, Biennale de Lyon 2005, Paris Musées, 2005, pp. 142-145
Emelie Renard, "Une Avalanche de Crème Chantilly du Canada", 02 Revue d'art contemporain, spring 2005, pp. 26-27
Earl Miller, "FILE Under Anarchy", C Magazine, Toronto, Issue 88, Winter 2005, pp. 30-35
Mark A. Cheetham, "Matting the Monochrome: Malevich, Klein, and Now", Art Journal, New York, Winter 2005, pp. 94-109
Leaving Their Mark, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, p. 13
Mike Kelley, Interviews, Conversations, and Chit-chat (1986-2004), JRP/Ringier and Les Presses du réeal, Zurich/Dijon, pp. 240-251

2004
Joe Scanlan, "DIY", Artforum, New York, February 2004, pp. 133-139
Ger Zielinski, "General Idea:Editions 1967-1995", Parachute, Montreal, #113 (January, February, March 2004), p. 114
Robert Enright, "Particularizing Some General Idea", BorderCrossings, Winnipeg, Issue No. 89, pp. 28-44
Michael Petry, Hidden Histories, Artmedia Press, London, 2004
After Images (exhibition catalogue), Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, 2004
"Art of War", Poz, New York, May 2004, p. 69
"Photos of nude menÖ", National Post, Toronto, July 24, 2004
Shawna Dempsey, Live in the Centre (exhibition catalogue), Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 2004
"General Idea: Editions 1967-1995", Umbrella, Vol. 27, No. 4, December 2004

2003
Jean-Ernest Joos, "Being One Among Others: The Uniqueness of the Artist in the Face of Anonymity", Parachute 109, Montreal, Canada, 2003
Adele Freedman, "BZZZ BZZZ BZZZ", Elm Street: The Look, Toronto, Spring 2003
"Jorge Zontal, Felix Partz and AA Bronson", a&u, Albany, February 2003
The Magnetic Era: Video Art in the Netherlands 1970 - 1985, Nai Publishers, Rotterdam, 2003
Ben Darrah, "Exhibition Gets the General Idea", The Kingston Whig-Standard, Kingston, Canada, March 29, 2003
Bill Van Siclen, "RISD show never goes flat", The Providence Journal, Providence, February 2-23, 2003
False Innocence (exhibition catalogue), Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, 2003
Ihor Holubizky, "The Best ofŠ a Hopeless Situation", extended paly_: Art remixing Music, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 2003
Nicholas Herman, "Home Boutique: Interview with AA Bronson", ante, Vol. 1, No. 2, New Haven, May 2003
AIDS RIOT: Artist Collectives against AIDS, New York, 1987-1994, Magasin, Grenoble
Michael Greco, "General Idea Editions 1967-1995", Lola 16, Toronto, Summer 2003
Berin Golonu, "Sited on Paper: A Defining View of Artist's Publications", Sight Lines: Thesis Projects 2003, CCAC, San Francisco, 2003
Lester Strong, "Hanging in There", a&u, Issue 106, August 2003
Pandemic: Facing AIDS, Umbrage Editions and Moxie Firecracker Films, New York
Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Lyne Crevier, "Triplette", Ici, June 19 - 25 June, 2003, Montreal
Jerome Delgado, "Usage de faux", La Presse, Montreal, July 6, 2003
Henry Lehmann, "Montreal Bland", The Gazette, July 6, 2003
Nicolas Mavrikakis, "Ménage a Trois", Voir, Montreal, July 9, 2003
Isa Tousignant, "Making Light of Things", montreal hour, Montreal, June 26 - July 2, 2003
AIDS-Forschung Schweiz, Bern, November, 2003
Randall Anderson/Jack Ruttan, "General Idea Editions 1967-1995", Canadian Art, Toronto, Vol. 20, #4, Winter 2003

2002
Catherine Thomas, ed., The Edge of Everything, Banff Centre Press, Banff, Canada, 2002
Comer O No Comer, (exhibition catalogue), Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Salamanca, 2002
Public Affairs (exhibition catalogue), Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, 2002
Art & Economy (exhibition catalogue), Hatje Cantz, Hamburg (with an essay by AA Bronson)
Diedrich Diedrichsen, "Glad Rag", Artforum, New York, April, 2002
Helena Cabello/Ana Carceller, "En las distancias cortas. Anotaciones sobre la creacion artistica en colaboracion", Exit 7, Madrid, 2002
Elisabeth Lebovici, "Trente ans de detournements", Liberation, Paris, 13 September, 2002
"Pasta Paintings: Mechants plateaux-repas", Nova Magazine, Paris, Seoptember, 2002
"Mademoiselle General Idea", Vogue, Paris, No. 830, September, 2002
Rapture: Art's Seduction by Fashion (exhibition catalogue), Thames & Hudson, London, 2002
10 Jahre, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, 2002
Golden Streams (exhibitoion catalogue), Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, 2002

2001

Mark A. Cheetham, Kant, Art, and Art History, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.
F(R[ICCIONES (exhibition catalogue), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2001
"The Death of Irony", BorderCrossings, Issue No. 77, 2001
Don Shewey, "Good Grief", The Advocate, February 13, 2001
Gary Michael Dault, "General Idea at Susan Hobbs", The Globe and Mail, Saturday, February 3, 2001
Anne Glusker, "Collective Memory", Elle, January, 2001
Kathryn Rosenfeld, "Triple Self-Potrait Minus Two", New Art Examiner, Chicago, July-August, 2001 (cover story)
Extra Art: A Survey of Artist's Ephemera, 1960-1999 (exhibition catalogue), CCAC/Smart Art Press, San Francisco/Santa Monica, 2001
Kate Taylor, "Why Gallery-going is an art form", Globe & Mail, July 26, 2001
Televisions (exhibition catalogue), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
"Idee fetiche", Liberation, Paris, December 18, 2001

2000
Re-Play (exhibition catalogue), Generali Foundation, Vienna
Jenifer Papararo, "Back in Five Minutes: Here comes Success with AA Bronson", Lola 7, Fall 2000
Jeff Rian, "Purple Special: General Idea, A Visual History", purple, Paris, Number 5, Summer '00
Let's Entertain: Life's Guilty Pleasures (exhibition catalogue), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2000
Christina Sofia Martinez, "Marques déposées. General Idea, la critique de l'art et de la propriété intellectuelle", Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Hiver 1999-2000
Steve Baker, The Postmodern Animal, Reaktion Books, London, 2000
Anne MacDonald, ed., Artspace was a Place in Time, Artspace Books, San Francisco, 2000

1999

Mike Kelley, "Geheimgeschichten: Interviews mit Mary Woronov, Sebastian, Pamela des Barres, AA Bronson", Texte zur Kunst, Cologne, Heft 35, September 1999

Pamela M. Lee, "Freiwillige Musealisierung", Texte zur Kunst, Cologne, Heft 34, June 1999

Roald Nasgaard, "The Museum as Muse Amused", Canadian Art, Toronto, Summer, 1999

The Museum as Muse (exhibition catalogue), The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1999

Burkhard Riemschneider, Uta Grosenick, eds., Art at the Turn of the Millennium, Benedikt Taschen Verlag GMBH, Cologne, 1999

Roy Exley, "General Idea", Parachute, Montreal, Issue 93, January-March 1999

Lisa Gabrielle Mark, "General Idea", Poliester, Col. Condesa, Mexico, Vol. 8, #26, fall 1999

Joan Murray, Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1999

1998

Sian Cook"Infiltrate, infect and mutate", eye, London, Vol.8, winter 1988

Deanne Taylor, "Wild Wild West", Toronto Life, Toronto, September 1998

Philip Monk, "Picturing the Toronto Art Community: The Queen Street Years",

C Magazine, Issue #59, Toronto, Sept - Nov 1998

Michael Ellis, "General Idea", Art Monthly, London, July-August 1998

Hannah McMahon, "General Idea", Northern Exposure Magazine, July 1, 1998

Sarah Kent, "General Idea", Time Out, London, June 24-July 1 1998

René Viau, "FILE LIFE: General Idea", Blocnotes, Issue #15, Paris, summer 1998

AIDS Worlds: Between Resignation and Hope (exhibition catalogue, texts by Frank Wagner, David Deitcher, and others), Sida Info Doc Suisse, Berne, 1998

General Idea (exhibition catalogue, text by Joshua Dechter), Camden Arts Centre, London, 1998

1997

The Search for the Spirit: General Idea 1968-1975 (exhibition catalogue, essays by Fern Bayer, AA Bronson and Christina Ritchie), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1997

Christopher Hue, "When Toronto got the General Idea", The Toronto Star, Toronto, October 18, 1997

John Bentley Mays, "A General Idea whose time has come", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 1997

Kathleen Pirrie Adams, "Exploding Possibilities", XTRA! (No. 341), Toronto, November 20, 1997

General Idea, (exhibition catalogue, texts by Kathy Cottong and Joshua Decter), Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago, 1997

Charles Green, "General Idea", World Art Number 14, Victoria, Australia, 1997

Rococo Tattoo (exhibition catalogue, essay by Philip Monk), Power Plant, Toronto, 1997

Lisa Gabrielle Mark, "Letter from Toronto", C Magazine, Issue #56, Toronto, November 1997

1996

"Art of Dogs", Brutus, Tokyo, March 1, 1996

Paul Ardene, Art, l'Age Contemporain, Paris, Editions du Regard, 1996

Insite, Toronto, (Vol. V, no. 3), March 1996 (cover and table of contents)

Steve Bridger, "Virus at the VAG", Angles, Vancouver, July 1996

Wallace Immen, "AIDS hope tempered with caution", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, July 4, 1996, p. A8

Peggy Gale + Lisa Steele, eds., Video re/View, Toronto, Art Metropole and V tape, 1996; pp. 14, 119, 403-10

Robin Laurence, "A Ghostly Space for Grieving", Georgia Straight, Vancouver, July 4-11, 1996

Donald W. McLeod, Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada, Toronto, ECW/Homewood Books, 1996

Douglas Ord, "An Archeology of Desires", Border Crossings, Winnipeg, summer, 1996

Ursula Perucchi-Petri, Künstler-Videos, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, 1996

ReGROUPING: A Living Legacy, Kleinburg, Canada (McMichael Collection), 1996; exhibition catalogue in the form of an educational video

Christine Ross, Images de surface. L'art vidéo reconsidéré, Montreal, Editions Artextes, 1996

Charles Roy, Living & Serving: Persons with HIV in the Canadian AIDS Movement, Ottawa, Canadian AIDS Society, 1996

Michael Scott, "AIDS is the General Idea", The Weekend Sun, Vancouver, June 1, 1996

Roberta Smith", "Savoring a Medium Whose Bite Has Grown With Time", New York Times, New York, June 24, 1996

Pascale Le Thorel-Daviot, Petit Dictionnaire des artistes contemporains, Paris, Bordas, 1996

Lillian Tone, "General Idea/Projects 56", (exhibition brochure), Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 28, 1996-January 7, 1997

Stephan Trescher, General Idea. Die Kanadische Künstlergruppe, Nürnberg, Verlag für moderne Kunst, 1996 (287 pages)

Deborah Wye, Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980-95, (exhibition catalogue),

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1996

Deborah Wye, Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980-95, (exhibition newsprint pamphlet), New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1996

Sharla Sava, "As If the Oceans Were Lemonade: The Performance Vision of Robert Filliou and the Western Front", Master’s thesis, University of British Columbia, 1996

1995

Peggy Gale, Videotexts, The Power Plant, Toronto, 1995

Gary Indiana, "from LOVE to AIDS: the Death and Life of General Idea," Village Voice, New York, December 5, 1995

Maurizio Nannucci, Bookmakers, Pays-Paysage, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, 1995

Hervé Vanel, "ONU soit qui mal y pense!", Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris, September, 1995

Stephan Trescher, "General Idea: Alles in der Schwebe halten", Jahrbuch '95, Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Nürnberg, 1995

Adelina von Furstenberg, ed., Dialogues of Peace (exhibition catalogue), Palais des Nations, Geneva, 1995

Gerald Hannon, "General Idea", Canadian Art, Toronto, Volume 12, Number 3, p. 93

Jennifer Couelle, "Les traces d'une complicite tenace," Le Devoir, Montreal, September 9 & 10, 1995

Robert Collison,"Party of Three." Saturday Night, September 1995, p. 85-90

John Bentley Mays, "End of an era for Canadian art's big Idea", The Globe & Mail, Toronto, June 24, 1995

Deidre Hanna, "General Idea's fab last stand mocks Modernism", Now, Toronto, June 8-14, 1995

Bruce Russell, "Bronson, AA", Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon: Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker, München-Leipzig, K.G. Saur, 1995 (vol. 14)

Nik Sheehan, "The infectious glamour of General Idea", Xtra!, Toronto, June 9, 1995

Ann Duncan, "Farewell to a Notion", The Gazette, Montreal, September 16, 1995

Stephane Aquin, "Etats generaux", Voir, Montreal, September 7, 1995

Robert Fulford, "A shining example of propaganda art", Globe & Mail, Toronto, April 26, 1995

Robin Laurence, "Ironic and anarchic - get the General Idea?", The Sun, Vancouver, April 1, 1995

In a Different Light: Visual Culture, Sexual Identity, Queer Practice, edited by Nayland Blake, Lawrence Rinder, Amy Scholder, City Lights, San Francisco, 1995

AIGA Journal of Graphic Design, Vol. 12, #4, New York, 1995, pp. 53, and back cover

Mark Cheetham, "The Sublime is Again (Now)", C Magazine, Toronto, winter, 1995

1994

Jaarverslag 1994: World Wide Video Centre, year-end report, World Wide Video Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands

Lesezimmer II (exhibition catalogue), Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany

Stephan Trescher, "General Idea: INFE©TED", Kunstforum, Cologne, November/ December 1994, pp. 413-414

"Imagevirus (Times Square)", Canadian Art, Toronto, fall 1994, p. 15

Jessica Bradley and Lesley Johnstone, eds., Sightlines: Reading Contemporary Canadian Art, Montreal, Artextes editions, 1994, pp. 10, 14, 125-26, 277-78, 282

John Dorsey, "Body and Soul", The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, USA, June 19, 1994,p. 10H

John Bentley Mays, "A high loss of poetry, wisdom", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, Saturday, June 11, 1994, p. C11

Gary Michael Dault, Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada, spring 1994, back page

Marco Meneguzzo, "Tre cuccioli di foca per ´General Ideaª", L'Avvenire, Milan, Italy, February 26, 1994

John Bentley Mays, "General Idea’s brilliant trinity diminished by Zontal’s death", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, Saturday, February 5, 1994, p. C13

Gale, Peggy. Showcards, General Idea. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 1994

Robert Ballantyne, "Glamour, Pageantry and Knives: Gay Indentity in FILE Megazine", Master’s thesis, University of British Columbia, 1994

1993

General Idea: Multiples Catalogue Raisonnée Multiples and Prints 1967-1993. Toronto: S.L. Simpson Gallery, 1993

Philipe Parreno, "General Idea", Documents, Paris, October 1993, pp. 21-26

Janice Daneen, "The Toronto Arts Awards: Felix Partz, AA Bronson, Jorge Zontal / General Idea / Lifetime Achievement", Toronto Star, Toronto, Canada, September 9, 1993, p. E3

Harry Roche, "Infectious Appeal", San Francisco Sentinel: The Other Side, August 11, 1993, Volume 21, Number 32, cover and p. 31

Roberto Friedman, "Happy ‘Fin de siècle’", Bay Area Reporter: Arts & Entertainment, July 29, 1993, Volume XXIII, No. 30, pp.37 & 44

Kenneth Baker, "Art and AIDS - a Fine Line", San Francisco Chronicle, July 22, 1993, pp. D1 & D3

Bob Riley, "Approaching the Fin de siècle with General Idea", 1993 At the Modern, July/August, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, p. 2

Jerry McGrath, "General Idea", C Magazine, Toronto, summer 1993, pp. 44-45

Gareth Jones, "Real Life in Maracaibo", publicsfear, New York, USA, pp. 4-10

Noemi Smolik, "General Idea's Fin de siècle", Canadian Art, Toronto, spring 1993, pp. 67-68

Kate Taylor, "Peeking behind the façade that is General Idea", Globe & Mail, Toronto, March 6, 1993, p. C10

Hamish Buchanan, "Get the Idea?", Xtra!, Toronto, March 5, 1993, p. 13

Keith Wallace, ed., Whispered Art History: Twenty Years at the Western Front. Vancouver: Western Front, 1993

1992

Jochen Becker, "General Idea's ªFin de siècle´", Kunstforum, Cologne, November/December 992, pp. 362-363

Michael Hübl, "Spurenelement", Kunstforum, Cologne, November/December 1992, pp. 97-107

Paul Foss, "General Idea: Fin de siècle", Art + Text, Paddington, Australia, September 1992, pp. 30-35

Richard D. Whitesell, Jr., "General Idea, Stux", Flash Art, Milan, October 1992, pp. 98-99

Jérôme Sans, "General Idea, Gallery Montenay, Paris", Forum International, September/October 1992, p. 95

Nikolai B. Forstbauer, "General Idea: Fin de siècle", Zyma, Stuttgart, September/October 1992, pp. 4-11

Lois Nesbitt, "General Idea, Stux Gallery", Artforum, New York, September 1992, pp. 98-99

Nancy Princenthal, "What's Love Got To Do With It?: General Idea's AIDS Project",Public Art Issues, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1992, pp. 8-11

General Idea: El Dorado (Maracaibo) (catalogue), Galeria Fucares, Madrid, September/October 1992, 24 pages

General Idea's PHARMA©OPIA (catalogue), Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, September \1992, 68 pages

M. Therese Southgate, MD, "The Cover", The Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, July 22/29, 1992, cover and p. 455

Todd Roulette, "Ideal Generals", QW, New York, May 17, 1992, pp. 38-39

Louwrien Wijers, "Placebo als statement", Het Financieele Dagblad, May 9-11, 1992, p. 12

General Idea’s Fin de Siècle. (catalogue) Stuttgart: Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart; Hamburg: Kunstverein in Hamburg; and The Power Plant, Toronto, 1992,112 pages

Jutta Koether, "Exit Art", Artscribe, London, March 1992, pp. 78-79

Norbert Messler, "General Idea, Daniel Buchholz", Artforum, New York, February 1992, p. 131

Corneil Vander Spek, "General Idea, S. L. Simpson Gallery", C Magazine, Toronto, winter 1992, pp. 43-44

Watson, Scott. "Hand of the Spirit: Documents of the Seventies from the Morris/Trasov Archive." Hand of the Spirit. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, 1992, pp. 5-28

Keith Wallace, "On the Set at Babyland." in Hand of the Spirit. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, 1992, pp. 29-47

Judith Rudakoff, ed.. Dangerous Traditions: Theatre Passe Muraille Anthology. Winnipeg, Blizzard Publishing, 1992

1991

From Media to Metaphor: Art About AIDS (exhibition catalogue), Independent Curators Incorporated, New York, 1991, p. 36

Team Spirit (exhibition catalogue), Independent Curators Incorporated, New York, 1991, pp. 40-41

Paolo Bianchi, "General Idea: Kunstlergruppen", Kunstforum, Cologne, November-December 1991, pp. 250-255

Ihor Holubizky, Curatorial Laboratory Project #7: Atlas, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, September 1991

Ihor Holubizky, "Mo' Better Modern, Toronto in the 1980's", Arts, New York, February 1991, pp. 55-59

Alain-Martin Richard and Clive Robertson,Performance au-in Canada, Quebec and Toronto: Editions Intervention and Coach House Press, 1991

Brian Boigon and David Clarkson, "Interview with General Idea", M5V, Toronto, September 1991, pp. 12-17

Sarah Milroy, "Lethal Dose", Canadian Art, Toronto, fall 1991, pp. 59-63

Paolo Bianchi, "Neubegegnung Mit General Idea", Artis, Zurich, June 1991, cover and pp. 18-23

General Idea, "Placebo", Interview, New York, March 1991, p. 148

1990

Art Meets Science and Spirituality in a Changing Economy, (catalogue), Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, September 1990

Gretchen Faust; "New York in Review", Arts, New York, summer 1990, p. 100

Roger Denson, "Model Morality: General Idea Face the Endangerment of the Species", Artscribe, London, England, summer 1990, p. 62

Nancy Princenthal, "General Idea at Koury Wingate", Art in America, New York, July 1990, pp. 161-162

Susan Tallman, "General Idea", Arts, New York, May 1990, p. 21

"General Idea", Print Collector's Newsletter, New York, May-June 1990, p. 63

Sabine Vogel, "General Idea", Kunstbulletin, Switzerland, April 1990, p. 16

Roberta Smith, "General Idea", The New York Times, New York, March 24, 1990, p. C-32

Art Gallery of Ontario: Selected Works (catalogue), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1990

1989

Stefan Banz, "General Idea, Mai 36", Artscribe, London, November-December 1989, p. 89

Sans, Jerome, ed., "Fictions" (exhibition catalogue), LGE & Aubes 3935 Galerie, Montreal, 1989

Jose Lebrero Stals, "General Idea: Art in the AIDS Era", Lapiz, Madrid, October 1989

D & S Ausstellung (catalogue), Hamburg Kunstverein, Hamburg, 1989

Allan Schwartzman, General Idea: The AIDS Project (catalogue), Gershon Iskowitz Foundation, Toronto, 1989

Marianne Staniszewski, "General Idea", Shift #6, Vol. III, no. 2, San Francisco, 1989

Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, "General Idea: Kunst des Unsagbaren", WolkenKratzer Art Journal, Frankfurt, May-June 1989, pp. 42-49

David Levi Strauss, "Reviews", Artscribe, London, March-April 1989, p. 86

Mitsuhiro Takemura, "Summon the Muse of the Imagination", Bijutsu Techo, Tokyo,Vol. 40, No. 603, January 1989, pp. 73-89

1988

General Idea, "General Idea: Artists' Statement", Flash Art, Milan, November-December 1988, p. 115

The Print Collector's Newsletter, New York, Vol. XIX, no. 5, November-December 1988, p. 115

Joshua Decter, Arts, New York, September 1988, p. 108

Bill Berkson, "General Idea, Artspace", Artforum, New York, April 1988, pp. 153-154

General Idea, insert (artist project), Parkett Magazine, Zurich, No. 15, 1988, p. 117

Marianne Staniszewski, Test Pattern (exhibition catalogue/artists' project), SPIRAL, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, 1988

RosaLee Goldberg, Performance Art from Futurism to the Present, New York, p. 179

Bijutsu Techo, Tokyo, Vol. 40, no 602, December 1988 (cover)

1987

General Idea: The Armoury of the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion (catalogue), Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, 1987

Brooks Adams, "General Idea at 49th Parallel and International With Monument", Art in America, New York, February 1987, pp. 148-149

Marianne Staniszewski, "Corporate Culture", Manhattan Inc., New York, p. 216

"General Idea", Bijutsu Techo, Tokyo, Vol. 39, no. 588, pp. 82-83

Diana Nemiroff, "A History of Artist-Run Centres in Canada with Particular Reference to Véhicule, A Space and the Western Front." M.A. thesis, Concordia University, 1985

1986

Carlo McCormick, "General Idea at 49th Parallel", Artforum, New York, December 1986, p. 114

Ian Carr-Harris, How We See What We Say (catalogue), Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, 1986

Peggy Gale, "Narratives: Cornucopia", Parachute , Montreal, #41, 1986

Serge Bernard, "General Idea", Parachute , Montreal, #42,1986

General Idea: The Armoury of the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion (catalogue), Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, 1986

1985

Fiera Arco, "News d'Europa", Domus, Milan, June 1985, p. 82

"General Idea 1968-1984", Museum Journal #6, Amsterdam, 1985

General Idea (catalogue/ multiple), de Vleeshal, Middelburg, 1985

Arielle Pelenc, "General Idea", Public Magazine, no.3, Paris, 1985

David Vereschagin, "What’s the Big Idea?."The Body Politic, No. 1115, itic, Toronto, June 1985, pp. 29-32

Susan G.Cole, "General art Idea." NOW, Toronto, May 2-8, 1985

1984

Jo-Anne Birnie.Danzker and General Idea, General Idea’s 1984 (a FILE issue, Vol. 6, Nos. 1 & 2, 1984, Vancouver and Toronto: Vancouver Art Gallery and Art Official Inc., 1984

Gale, Peggy. "What about the Early Days?" Evidence of the Avant Garde since 1957: Selected Works from the Collection of Art Metropole including Audio Tapes, Records, Videotapes, Film, Multiples, Kitsch, Manuscripts, Stamps, Buttons, Flyers, Posters, Correspondence, Catalogues, Porn, T-shirts, Postcards, Drawings, Poems, Mailers, Books, Photographs and Ephemera. Toronto: Art Metropole, 1984

General Idea 1968-1984, Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1984

John Bentley Mays, "Forum", Artforum, New York, February 1984

John Bentley Mays, "From the FILEs of General Idea", Globe and Mail, Toronto, July 21, 1984

"1984", Vienna: Museum Moderner Kunst, 1984

Artistic Collaboration in the Twentieth Century", Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum, 1984

An International Survey of Painting and Sculpture, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1984

1983

Vancouver: Art and Artists 1931-1983. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1983

AA Bronson and Peggy Gale, eds. Museums by Artists, Toronto: Art Metropole, 1983

John Bentley Mays, "A Not-So-Fond Farewell to Modernism", Globe and Mail, Toronto, January 1, 1983

O Kanada, Berlin: Akademie der Künste, 1983

Künster aus Kanada, Stuttgart: Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1983

Artists’ Architecture, London: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1983

Ian Wallace, "La Transavantguardia in Canada", Flash Art, Milan, No. 111, XVI, 1983

John Bentley Mays, "The Poodle as Canada’s Emblem: At Least That’s the General Idea", Globe and Mail, April 15, 1983

The Second Link: Viewpoints on Video in the Eighties, Banff: Walter Philips Gallery, 1983

General Idea, "Triple Entendre", Artforum, New York, November 1983

Anna Moszynska, "General Idea", Performance Magazine, London, No. 23, April/May 1983

Phillip Monk, "Editorials: General Idea and the Myth of Inhabitation", Parachute, Montreal December/January/February 1983/84

David Burnett and Marilyn Schiff, Contemporary Canadian Art, Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1983

Visions, Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 1983

1982

Elke Town, Fictions, Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982

Elke Town, Transmissions, Cambridge: Cambridge Library and Art Gallery, 1982

Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Mannerism: A Theory of Culture, Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1982

Documenta 7, Kassel, 1982

"Cornucopia", Furor, No. 6, 1982

Judy Annear, "An Interview with General Idea", Art & Text, Melbourne, Summer, 1982-83

Catastrophe, Geneva: Centre d’art contemporain, 1982

John Bentley Mays, "Hot Pink Pyramids’ Antiques of the 60’s", Globe and Mail, Toronto, September 18, 1982

Richard Flood, "Documenta 7", Artforum, New York, October 1982

Peter D’Agostino and Antonio Muntadas, eds., "General Idea’s Boutique", Un/necessary Image, Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982

1981

Tim Guest, Books by Artists, Toronto: Art Metropole, 1981

General Idea, New York: 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, 1981 (information sheet)

"Quelques Artistes Contemporaines", Grande Encyclopedie Larousse, Paris: Larousse, 1981

Thomas Lawson, "General Idea, 49th Parallel", Artforum, New York, September 1981

Jacqueline Fry, "Le Musée dans quelques Oeuvres Recentes", Parachute, Montreal, Fall 1981

Virginia Wilde and Janis Runge, "General Idea, Test Tube and the Colour Bar Lounge", Artsatlantic, Charlottestown, Winter 1981

Johanne Lamoreaux, "General Idea: ‘Le Conte’ du Temps", Parachute, Montreal, Winter 1981

Virginia Wilde, "Test Tube: Some General Instruction for Media Artists", Parallelogramme, Toronto, December/January 1981-82

1980

Prospect 80/2, Ghent: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, 1980

Babs Shapiro, "Architectural References", Vanguard, Vancouver, May 1980

Bruce Ferguson, Canadian Video Biennale di Venezia, Ottawa: Venice Biennale/National Gallery of Canada, 1980

Martha Hanna, Words and Images, Ottawa: National Film Board of Canada, 1980

Flavio Caroli, Nuova Immagine, Milan/Regione Lombardia: XVI Triennale, 1980

Robert Handforth, "Test Tube", Fuse, Toronto, March, 1980

Adele Freedman, "The Venice Tapes", Toronto Life, Toronto, March, 1980

Liesbeth Brandt Corstius, "Test Tube", Museumjournaal, Amsterdam, January 1980

Pluralities, Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1980

Ron Glowen, "Evaluations of Architecture", Artweek, San Francisco, May 17, 1980

Douglas Durand, "G.I. Image and Enforcement", Body Politic, Toronto, June/July 1980

Frank Gooderick, "Liquid Assets from the Colour Bar Lounge", Videomania, Toronto, Vol.1, No. 1, December 1980

John Bentley Mays, "G.I. Makes Honeymoor Detour", Globe and Mail, Toronto, December 23, 1980

1979

Glenn Lewis, "Performance Notes from the Western Front." in Bronson, AA and Gale, Peggy, eds. Performance by Artists, Toronto: Art Metropole, 1979, pp. 270-287

General Idea , Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1979 (information sheet)

Video Weeks Essen Essen: Museum Folkwang, 1979

John Bentley Mays, "But Is It Art?", Macleans, Toronto, November 1979

Rosalie Goldberg, Performance, London: Thames and Hudson, 1979

1978

Art, Artists and the Media, Graz: International Video Conference, 1978

Skira Annual No. 4, Geneva: Skira Editions, 1978

Jean-Christophe Ammann, Kanadischer Künstler, Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 1978

Clive Robertson, "General Idea and the Metaphive", Center fold, Calgary/Toronto, Vol. 2, No. 2/3, 1978

Kenneth Coutts-Smith, "General Idea", artscanada, Toronto, issue 218/219, 1978

Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, "General Idea: Towards an Audience Vocabulary", Centerfold, Calgary/Toronto, December, 1978

1977

Peggy.Gale, "Toronto Video: Looking Inward", Vie des Arts, Montreal, Vol. XXI, No. 86 (Spring 1977), pp. 85-86

Peggy Gale, In Video, Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1977

Peggy Gale, "Video has Captured Our Imagination", Parachute , Montreal, Summer 1977

"LIFE is Dead, but FILE goes on." Toronto Life, Toronto, January 1977

Glenn O’Brien, "Extremist Glamour", Oui, New York, December 1977

Clive Robertson, "Architects on the Run." Centerfold, Calgary/Toronto, Vols. 7 & 8, 1977, pp. 2-3

Biennale des Jeunes, Paris Biennale, Paris: Musée d’art moderne, 1977

Geoffrey James, Tansparant Things, Ottawa: Canada Council Art Bank, 1977

1976

Eric Cameron, "Structural Video Tape in Canada." Video Art, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976, pp. 188-195

Noë Goldwasser, "Canadian Crazies Blow into Town." The Village Voice, New York, February 9, 1976, p. 90

Eve Carpi, and Jo-Anne Birnie. Danzker, "General Idea and the Cultural Cliché." Flash Art, Milan, No. 58-59 (January 1976)

Peggy Gale, ed. Video by Artists. Toronto, Art Metropole, 1976

Peggy Gale, "Video Art in Canada: Four Worlds", Studio International, London, May/June 1976

General Idea. "Form Follows Fiction." Unmuzzled Ox, New York, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1976), pp. 23-39

Noë Goldwasser,"Time-Life Files a Suit" The Villlage Voice, New York, March 15, 1976, p. 24

Gregory Battock, "The Last Estate: FILE Megazine", The Soho Weekly News, New York, May 27, 1976, pp. 22-23

1975

The Carmen Lamanna Gallery. Sackville: Owens Art Gallery, 1975

Chairs Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975

Ronnie Cultrone, "Fantasy Architecture." Andy Warhol’s Interview, New York, December 1975 ,p. 47

Gary Michael.Dault, "3 Trendy Young men market themselves." Toronto Star, Toronto, November 3, 1975, p. D8

"In the Year of 1984." Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, September 19, 1975

Philip Marchand, "The general idea behind General Idea." Toronto Life, Toronto, November 1975, p. 30-37

Marci McDonald,. "What Did You Do in The Seventies Dada?." Maclean’s, Toronto, May 1975, p. 10

1974

J.S. Bodolai, "Luxon V.B. General Idea at Carmen Lamanna December 15 to January 3."

Proof Only, Toronto, Vol 1, No. 3, (January 15, 1974)

Germano Celant, "General Idea i Canadada: Un Gruppo Canadese." Domus, Milan, October,1974, p. 52

"Jorge Saia. Un venezolano en la vanguardia artistica canadiense." El Nacional, Caracas, June 27, 1974

Susan Subtle,. "Their Arts Belong to Dada: Cheer and Clothing in California and Other Points West." Esquire, New York, August, 1974, pp. 50-56

John Bentley.Mays, "General Idea." Open Letter, Toronto, Second series, No. 8 (Summer 1974), pp. 5-36

"Mirrors Stop Them Turning a Blind Eye." Pilkington News, Toronto, April 25, 1974, p. 3

Alan Moore, "New Voices." Artforum, New York, December 1974, pp. 63-65

Videoscape. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1974

Project ‘74, Cologne: Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 1974

1973

Andre, Michael. "Art: General Idea’s ‘Collage or Perish.’" Columbia Daily,Spectator, Columbus, October 16, 1973

George Anthony,. "Literati." Toronto Sun, Toronto, January 23, 1973

Canada Trajectories 73. Paris: Musée d’art moderne, 1973

Jamie Craig. "In spite of all that...Each of us encounters a daily parade of images that need a home...." Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, February 9, 1973, pp. 4A- 5A

Gary Ross, "File it under ‘D’- for different." Toronto Life, Toronto, June 1973, p. 29

Robert Fulford, "Correspondence art: Collages in Time, Distance and the Mind." Toronto Star, Toronto, March 17, 1973, p.49

"’Glamour Art’. Un venezolano en el movimiento canadiense ‘General Idea’." El Nacional, Caracas, September (n.d.), 1973

Walter Klepac, "Getting it all Apart. FILE Magazine: Special Double Issue; International Image Exchange Directory; IS 12/13: West Coast Issue, " Books in Canada,

July-September 1973

Annabel Nicholson, "canadada fragments." Art & Artists, London, Vol. 8, No. 1 (April 1973), pp. 28-33

Willoughby Sharp, "The Gold-Diggers of ‘84: An Interview with General Idea, Toronto." Avalanche, New York, Winter/Spring, 1973, pp. 14-21

David Zack, "An Authentik and Historikal Discourse on the Phenomenon of Mail Art." Art in America, New York, January/February 1973, pp. 46-53

Clive Philpott, "Feedback", Studio International, London, April, 1973

1972

Thomas Albright,"Correspondence Art." Rolling Stone, New York, April 27, 1972, pp.28-29

Robt. [Robert] Amussen,. "’FILE’ not Rank." The Grape, Vancouver, May 31-June 5, 1972

"Des potina à la torontoise." Mediart Magazine, Montreal, May 1972

"FILE: The Great Canadian Art Tradegy." The Grape, Vancouver, May 24-30, 1972

"General ideas." Body Politic, Toronto, May 1972, p. 20

Image Bank. International Image Exchange Directory. Vancouver: Talon Books, 1972

Image Nation, Toronto, No. 8..(c. 1972)

"..in view." Art & Artists, London, September, 1972, pp. 8-9

Walter Klepac, "General Idea." Guerrilla, Toronto, June 14,1972, p. 15

Joan.Lowndes, "Directions--Art." Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, May 12, 1972

Robert Martin,. "A Truly Illuminating Exhibition." Globe and Mail, Toronto, June 10, 1972, p. 28

"New low at Global Village." Unidentified newspaper clipping, General Idea’s Press File, 1972

Realism: Emulsion and Omission. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1972

Bill Vazan, "Montreal Visits General’s Headquarters." Beaux Arts, Montreal, Summer 1972, p. 24

"Vive l’éphémère. Les ‘lightbox’ de General Idea à la Galerie B." La Press, Montreal, April 8, 1972

Michael White, "New art magazines for group communication." Montreal Gazette, Montreal, May, 1972

1971

John Buckley,. "Keeping it together in Vancouver: the search for alternatives."

artscanada, Toronto, June/July 1971, pp. 39-43

Image Bank, The Image Bank Post Card Show. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1971

Nora McCabe, "Men Join in Beauty Pageant." Toronto Star, Toronto, October 2, 1971

Michael Terry,"Well...do you get the general idea?." Pilkington News, Toronto, 1971

1970

Joyce Carter, "Authentic Unreality." Globe and Mail, Toronto, January 22, 1970, p. W1

AA Bronson, ed. and with some illustrations, IS, Toronto, Vol. 9 (Fall 1970)

Kay Kritzwiser, "Three Artists in Pursuit of Commitment." Globe and Mail, Toronto, January 17, 1970, p. 26

Unidentified newspaper clipping (review of Off Hand exhibition at 567 Gallery, Toronto, 1970 located in Felix Partz, Notebook, 1969 (General Idea Archive)