A Look Back at the Guerrilla Girls, 40 Years In
This article is part of our Museums special section about how artists and institutions are adapting to changing times.
When it comes to artists whose works have a decidedly feminist bent, the Guerrilla Girls are among the most prominent.
Composed of a collective of anonymous artists, they first made their mark in 1985 with declarative message-bearing prints that spoke out against discrimination and advocated for more inclusivity in the art world.
Since then, the group has created hundreds of provocative prints, posters, billboards and everyday objects, including tote bags and erasers. Their pieces address such issues as reproductive rights, gender and racial inequality and political corruption.
The Guerrilla Girls' art is displayed in major museums worldwide, including the Tate Modern in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Guerrilla Girls, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is commemorating the moment with an exhibition, 'Guerrilla Girls: Making Trouble,' on view now to Sept. 28. A Guerrilla Girl who uses the pseudonym Käthe Kollwitz (a German artist of the late 19th- and early 20th centuries), in one of the masks worn by the artist activists to hide their identities. Credit... Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times
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