1947

• 't Gildehuys, Amsterdam. Karel Appel en Corneille, January 1 - February 1, 1947.

1948

• Hostudstillingen, Copenhagen, International Experimental Art Exhibition, November 19 - December 5, 1948.

1949

• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, International Exhibition of Experimental Art, November 3 – 28, 1949.
       Travelling to Hostudstillingen, Copenhagen, November 19 - December 4, 1949.

1951

• Dortmund Museum am Ostwall, Germany, Niederländische Maler und Graphiker des 20. Jahrhunderts, May 19 - June 17, 1951.
• Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris, Significance of the Informal, November 10, 1951.
• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Liège, Belgium, Second International Exhibition of Experimental Art-CoBrA, October 6 – November 6 , 1951.

1952

• Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The 1952 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, October 16 – December 14, 1952.

1953

• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Younger European Painters. A Selection, December 3, 1953 - May 2, 1954.
       Travelling to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Portland Art Museum, Oregon. San Francisco Museum of Art, California. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The Dayton Art Institute, Ohio. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusettes. Carpenter Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Dwight Art Memorial, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts. Davidson Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.

1954

• Dutch Pavillion at XXVII Biennale, Venice.
• Städtisches Museum, Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, Sezession 1954,  August 3 – September 11, 1954.

1955

• Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Expressionism 1900-1955, 1955.
       Travelling to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts. San Francisco Museum of Art, California. Cincinnati Art Museum and Contemporary Arts Center, Ohio. Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland. Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, The New Decade: 22 European Painters and Sculptors, May 10 - August 7, 1955.
       Travelling to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, September 21 - October 30, 1955. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 21, 1955 - January 7, 1956. The San Francisco Museum of Art, February 2 - March 15, 1956.

1956

• Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, Contemporary Dutch Art.
       Travelling to ten cities in the United States.

1957

• Tate Gallery, London, An exhibition of paintings from The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, April 16 - May 26, 1957.
       Travelling to the Haags Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands. Ateneumin Taidekokoelmat, Helsinki, Finland. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
• Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, Portrait Painters of the 19th and 20th Century. 
       Travelling to Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland. Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Texas. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
• Tokyo, Japan, Art Autre.
       Travelling to Sala Gaspar, Barcelona. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid.

1958

• Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, Collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim. 
• Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, L'art neerlandais depuis Van Gogh (Dutch Art since Van Gogh),.
  

1959

• Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Vitalita nell'Arte, August – October, 1959.
       Travelling to Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany, October – December 1959. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, December 1959, - January 1960. 
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, New Images of Man.
       Travelling to The Baltimore Museum of Art..
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Inaugural Selection, October 21, 1959 - June 19, 1960. 
• Kassel, Germany, Dokumenta II, July 11 - October 11, 1959.
• Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, Appel, Mathieu, Moreni, Riopelle, January 24 - March 11, 1959.
       Travelling to Musée des Beaux Arts, Neufchatel, Switzerland, March 24 – April 12, 1959.
• Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, School of Paris 1959: The Internationals, April 4 - May 17, 1959.

1960

• Museé des Arts decoratifs, Paris, Antagonismes.

1961

• Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusettes. Famous Likenesses, March – August 1961. 
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Polariteit, July 22 - September 18, 1961.

1963

• Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Visione Colore, Il Centro Internazionale della Arti e del Costume, July – October, 1963.

1964

• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Van Gogh and Expressionism, July 1 - September 13, 1964. 
• Dutch Pavillion at XXXII Biennale, Venice, Appel, Lucebert, Jaap Mooy. 
• Kassel, Germany, Dokumenta III, July 11 - October 11, 1964.

1965

• Art Institute of Chicago, Four European Artists and the Figure, February 7 - March 7, 1965.

1969

• Museum of Modern Art, New York, Portraits in Contemporary Art.

1971

• Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, The 31st Annual Works on Paper.

1973

• De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Primal Images: Appel, Calder, Dubuffet, Miró, December 16, 1973 - February 3, 1974.

1974

• The Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, CoBrA and Contrasts, The Winston-Malbin Collection, September 25 - November 17, 1974.

1980

• Württembergisher Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, Van Gogh bis CoBrA. Holländische Malerei von 1880 bis 1950, November 24, 1980 – January 18, 1981.
       Travelling to Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany, April 30 - June 8, 1981.

1981

• Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Paris-Paris 1937-1957, May 28 - November 2, 1981.

1982

• Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, CoBrA, 1948-1951, December 10, 1982 - February 20, 1983.
       Travelling to Maison de la Culture de Chalon-sur-Saône, France, March 4 - April 17, 1983. Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France, April 29 - June 12, 1983.

1984

• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, La Grande Parade. Highlights in Painting After 1940, December 15, 1984 - April 15, 1985.

1986

• Niigata City Art Museum, Tokyo, 100 Years of Dutch Paintings.
       Travelling to Iwaki City Art Museum. Shimonoseki Art Museum. Tsukashin Hall, Amagasaki. The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo.
• Galerie Zacheta, Warsaw, Paris en Quatre Temps, November 15, 1986 – January 11, 1987.

1988

• Haags Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands, Verzameling aan Zee. Works from the collection of the Haags Gemeente Museum. 
• Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Les Annees 50, June 30 - October 17, 1988.

1991

• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Towards a New Museum. Highlights from the Collection, June 27 - August 25, 1991.

1992

• Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England, New Realities. Art in Western Europe 1945-1968.
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Parallel Visions. Modern Artists and Outsider Art, October 18, 1992 - January 3, 1993.
       Travelling to Museo Nacional Centro Reina Sofia, Madrid, February 11 - May 9, 1993. Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, July 4 - August 29, 1993. Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, September 30 - December 12, 1993.
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Het Beeld van de Eeuw.
• Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France, Le Portrait dans l'Art Contemporain. 3 July -27 September, 1992. 
• Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Hague, The Netherlands, The Interior, October 28, 1992 - January 24, 1993.
• Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Images of Man, Figures of Contemporary Sculpture. July 30 – August 24, 1992.
       Travelling to Daimaru Museum, Osaka. Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan.

1994

• Tate Gallery, London, New Displays 1994.
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Couplet 1, February 4 - April 20, 1994.
• Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, l'Art au Pays-Bas au XXe siècle, March 24 – July 17, 1994. 
• Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg, CoBrA au Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, June 17 - July 31, 1994. 
• Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, De Verzameling, October 22 - December 31, 1994.

1996

• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Munch and after Munch, or the Obstinacy of Painters, April 16 - September 6, 1996. 
       Travelling to Munch Museet, Oslo, October 13 - December 15, 1996.
• Palacio de la Lonja, Zaragoza, Spain, Después de Goya. Una Mirada Subjetiva, (curated by Antonio Saura), November 19, 1996 - January 10, 1997.
• Capo di Monte Museum, Napoli, Prospettiva del passato. Da Van Gogh ai contemporanei, December 20 1996 – April 6, 1997. 
• Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Face à l'Histoire, 1933- 1996, December 17, 1996 - April 7, 1997.

1997

• Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Art of the 20th Century, Flemish and Dutch Painting, March 15 - July 13, 1997. 
• Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, Cobra . Art experimental 1948-1951. June 14 - September 14, 1997. Organized by Troels Andersen.
       Traveling to Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Münich , October 2, 1997 -January 11, 1998. KunstHaus Wien, January 29 - April 19, 1998.
• Castello Ursino, Catania, Italy, Art from the 20th Century. From the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, July 26 - October 31, 1997.
• Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Made in France 1947 – 1997, January 30 - September 29, 1997. 
• The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Cobra in Moscow. Cobra works from the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, April 25 - May 25, 1997.

1998

• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Rendezvous. Masterpieces from the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim Museums, October 16, 1998 – January 24, 1999.

1999

• S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium, De Opening, May 9 – December 5, 1999. 
• Museum Sammlung Essl, Klosterburg/Vienna, Austria, The Essl Collection. The First View, November 5 1999 – September 30, 2000.

2000

• Les Jardins de Palais Royale, Paris, France. L'Homme qui marche, March 20 – June 20, 2000. 
• Tate Gallery Liverpool, England, About Collage, April 7, 2000 – March 4, 2001. 
• Hôtel du Département, La Roche-sur-Yon, France, Le musée du Xxe siècle de Michel Ragon, April 15 – July 9, 2000. 
• Lange Voorhout, The Hague, The Netherlands, De mens in beweging (Sculptuur 2000), June 28 – September 12, 2000. 
• Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands, Pleidooi voor intuïtie, November 11, 2000 – April 1, 2001. 
• Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, Het kind in Cobra, October 28, 2000 – January 28, 2001.

2001

• Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, The Netherlands, Sonsbeek 9: Locus Focus, June 3 – September 23, 2001.
• Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands, Present, June 3 – September 23, 2001.
• Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany, Childhood and Modern Art, July 7 – September 16, 2001.

2002

• The Royal Academy of Arts, London, Paris: Capital of the Arts, 1900-1968, January 26 – April 19, 2002. 
• De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum in de Nieuwe Kerk no 1: Beelden 1947 > 2002, July 27– October 20, 2002.

2003

• Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland, Terrakotta-Arbeiten, February 8 – March 29, 2003.
• Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England,Cobra: Copenhagen Brussel Amsterdam, March 1– April 1, 2003
       Travelling to City Art Gallery, Manchester, May 3– June 15, 2003; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, July 3 – September 21, 2003.
• Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, Cobra de kleur van de vrijheid, March 29 – September 28, 2003.
• Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Gogh Modern: Vincent van Gogh en de hedendaagse kunst, June 27– October 12, 2003.
• Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, Cobra terug uit de Hermitage, October 18, 2003 – January 11, 2004.

2004

• Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Nordic Summer, July– September 2004.

2005

• Haags Gemeentemuseum; Fotomuseum; GEM, The Hague, The Netherlands, Hoogte x Breedte x Diepte (H x B x D) Rabo Kunstcolectie, February 25 – May 8, 2005. 
• MARTa Herford, Germany, (my private) HEROES, May 7 – August 14, 2005.

2006

• Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland, Peinture à quatre mains, June 1 – August 21, 2006. 
• Kunst-und Austellungshalle (KAH), Bonn, Germany, The Guggenheim Collection, July 21, 2006 – January 7, 2007.

2007

• GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy, Collage/Collages dal Cubismo al New Dada, October 9, 2007 – January 6, 2008.
• Albertina, Vienna, Monet bis Picasso. Die Sammlung Batliner, September 14 , 2007 - April 6, 2008.

2008

• Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Action Painting, January 27 - May 18, 2008.
• Musée Luxembourg, Paris, Miró à Warhol. La collection Berardo à Paris, October 16, 2008 - February 22, 2009.
• Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussels, Cobra, November 7, 2008 - February 15, 2009.
• Museo de Zaragoza, Spain, Goya and the Modern World, December 17, 2008 - March 24, 2009.

2009

• Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg/Vienna, post COBRA: Alechinsky Appel Jorn, January 23 - May 17, 2009.
• Albertina, Vienna, Meisterwerke der Moderne: Die Sammlung Batliner, from May 29, 2009 (permanent exhibition).
• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Intensly Dutch: Image, abstraction and the word, post-war and beyond, June 5 - August 23, 2009.
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Sweeney Decade: Acquisitions at the 1959 Inaugural, June 5 - September 2, 2009.
• Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, Paris Central: European Masters of the 1950s, October 24, 2009 - January 17, 2010.

2010

• Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Painting on the Sea, The Sea as Pretext, Works from the IVAM Collection, March 10 - May 18, 2010.
• Palazzo Reale, Milan, Goya and the Modern World, March 18 - June 27, 2010.
• Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Le grand geste! International Painting from Pollock to Schumacher - Art Informel and Abstract Expressionism, 1946-1964, April 10 - August 1, 2010.