Hajdu István: Gedő Ilka (1921–1985) festőművész kiállítása (A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 2004/3)

1987 Retrospective show at the Műcsarnok (Palace of Exhibitions) of Budapest, the premier state gallery for the presentation of modern Hungarian and international visual art. 1989 Exhibition of her drawings at the Municipal Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary. 1989-1990 Second retrospective show at Glasgow's Third Eye Centre that received as good a press coverage as her first show in Glasgow. 1994 Retrospective exhibition of her art at Janos Gat Gallery in New York. 1995 Between February and October an exhibition titled Victims and Perpetrators takes place showing works by Ilka Gedő and György Román, at the Jewish Museum, Budapest. From April 18, four of her drawings are shown for a period of nine months at the permanent exhibition titled Culture and Continuity: the Jewish Journey at the Jewish Museum of New York. Four of her drawings come into the collection of the Jewish Museum of New York. Between November and December an exhibition of her drawings is organised at Shepherd Gallery in New York. 1996 Extended by three oil paintings of Ilka Gedő and György Román, the exhibition Victims and Perpetrators, formerly shown in Budapest, is also shown at the Art Museum of Jerusalem's Yad Vashem. Ilka Gedő's ghetto drawings come into the possession of Yad Vashem. Her works are shown at Janos Gat Gallery's spring exhibition on 20thcentury Hungarian art. 1997 Janos Gat Gallery organises an exhibition of her paintings and graphic works in the spring season. A book titled The Art of Ilka Gedő is published including studies by distinguished Hungarian art historians, Péter György, Gábor Pataki, Júlia Szabó and F. István Mészáros. 1998 The British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and The Israel Museum acquire drawings by Ilka Gedő. 1999 One of Ilka Gedő's drawings is shown at the Israel Museum's exhibition titled Voices From Here and There (New Acquisitions in the Department of Prints and Drawings). The Düsseldorf Kunstmuseum acquires ten drawings by Ilka Gedő. 2000 Works by Ilka Gedő are shown at the autumn group exhibition of Janos Gat Gallery in New York. The exhibition, titled Directions, shows works also from Julian Beck, Herbert Brown, István Farkas, Lajos Gulácsy, Knox Martin and György Román. Jonathan Goodman wrote the preface to the catalogue. 2001 The Municipal Picture Gallery of Budapest, Museum Kiscell shows an exhibition of Ilka Gedő's graphic works. The Hungarian National Gallery acquires three of her paintings. 2002 As a part of the revised permanent exhibition of 20th-century art at the Hungarian National Gallery, since 4 September two of her oil paintings have been on display in the Contemporary Collection (Witches in Preparation, 1980-1981 and Monster and Boy, 1981)