 The 1992 show “Fever” was declared one of the ten most important shows of the decade by Peter Plagens from "Newsweek", and the gallery's 18-year retrospective, The End, won the Association of International Art Critics Award for Best Show in an Alternative Space in 2000.Artists who exhibited at Exit Art include Chakaia Booker, Gabo Camnitzer, Patty Chang, Shu Lea Cheang, COOPER, Jimmie Durham, Nicole Eisenman, Inka Essenhigh, Jane Hammond, David Hammons, Tehching Hsieh, Steve Giovinco, DG Krueger, Julie Mehretu, Yucef Merhi, Shirin Neshat, Joshua Neustein, Roxy Paine, Adrian Piper, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Fred Tomaselli, Cecilia Vicuña, Cynthia von Buhler, Krzysztof Wodiczko, David Wojnarowicz, Martin Wong, and World War 3 Illustrated.Exit Art co-founder Jeanette Ingberman died on August 24, 2011 from complications of leukemia.