Gilbert & George began working together in 1967 when they met on the advanced sculpture course at St Martins School of Art. Since then, they have had major exhibitions at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York; Central House of the Artists, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; National Art Gallery, Beijing; The Art Museum, Shanghai; Sezon Museum, Tokyo; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and the Hayward Gallery, London. In 2001 they will have solo exhibitions at the School of Art, Athens and Chateau d'Arenthon, France and in 2002 at Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon.