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Guerrilla Girls stick their poster “WHAT DO THESE ARTISTS HAVE IN COMMON?” masked on a street in Manhattan, New York, ca. 1985.

25 years before Banksy, the Guerrilla Girls created street art in gorilla masks to protect their anonymity. They called themselves the conscience of the (New York) art world and used “name & shame” to accuse powerful representatives of the art world of structural sexism.

Photo: Lori Grinker/ Guerrilla Girls, courtesy guerrillagirls.com.

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Guerrilla Girls, WHAT DO THESE ARTISTS HAVE IN COMMON? [What do these artists have in common?], first wild poster, New York City, 1985.

The often funny or sober numbers/data/facts posters of these feminist street art pioneers denounced unequal treatment and sexism in the art world.

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Guerrilla Girls, Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get Into The Met. Museum? [Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum?], wild poster, on the street, New York City, 1989.

This best-known work by the group highlights gender inequalities in museums that continue to exist until today.

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