WHEN RACISM & SEXISM ARE NO LONGER FASHIONABLE, WHAT WILL YOUR ART COLLECTION BE WORTH?

YOU CAN BUY A WHOLE COLLECTION OF WORK BY WOMEN ARTISTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE PAINTING BY A FAMOUS WHITE GUY.

The glass ceiling is firmly in place in the art world, especially when the work of women artists comes up at auction. When we did this poster in 1989, we wanted to make art collectors nervous about their choices. We also wanted them to know what a bargain the art of women is! Things are a little bit better now—the work of Tina Modotti and Frida Kahlo have broken sales records—but not much.

BUS COMPANIES ARE MORE ENLIGHTENED THAN NYC ART GALLERIES

It was a relief to find that being an artist isn't the loneliest occupation for a woman!

WE'VE ENCOURAGED OUR GALLERIES TO SHOW MORE WOMEN & ARTISTS OF COLOR. HAVE YOU?

We sent cards to white male artists asking them to speak up for women and artists of color. Do you think they really did it?

RELAX SENATOR HELMS, THE ART WORLD IS YOUR KIND OF PLACE!

JESSE HELMS' SECRET ART WORLD CONNECTIONS

When the far right began assaulting individual artists and the NEA, we attacked not only Jesse Helms, its most prominent spokesperson, but also the art establishment, which isn't much better.

HOW MANY WORKS BY WOMEN ARTISTS WERE IN THE ANDY WARHOL AND TREMAINE AUCTIONS AT SOTHEBY'S?

It's not unusual, but big-time collectors like Andy, Emily and Burton bought virtually no work by women. If the courts would declare art collectors employers of artists, we'd sue for discrimination.

YOU'RE SEEING LESS THAN HALF THE PICTURE

GUERRILLA GIRLS' IDENTITIES EXPOSED!

Is this or isn't this a real list of Guerrilla Girls? Only the people on it know for sure.

GUERRILLA GIRLS' CODE OF ETHICS FOR ART MUSEUMS

The events portrayed in this poster bear direct resemblance to real events at U.S. art museums. It's the only poster we have ever done in Old Testament language. Copies of it have been spotted hanging in museum offices all over the country.

I. Thou shalt not be a Museum Trustee and also the Chief Stockholder of a Major Auction House.
II. A Curator shalt not exhibit an Artist, or the Artists of a Dealer, with whom he/she has had a sexual relationship, unless such liason is explicitly stated on a wall label 8" from the exhibited work.
III. Thou shalt not give more than 3 retrospectives to an Artist whose Dealer is the brother of the Chief Curator.
IV. Thou shalt not limit thy Board of Trustees to Corporate Offices, Wealthy Entrepreneurs and Social Hangers-on. At least .001% must be Artists representing the racial and gender percentages of the U.S. population.
V. Thou shalt not permit Corporations to launder their public images in Museums until they cleaneth up their Toxic Waste Dumps and Oil Slicks.
VI. Thou shalt provide lavish funerals for Women and Artists of Color who thou planeth to exhibit only after their Death.
VII. If thou art an Art Collector sitting on the Acquisitions or Exhibitions Committee, thou shalt useth thy influence to enhance the value of thine own colleciton not more than once a year.
VIII. Thy Corporate Benefactors who earn their income from products for Women and Artists of Color shall earmark their Museum donations for exhibits and acquisitions of art by those Groups.
IX. Thou shalt keep Curatorial Salaries so low that Curators must be Independently Wealthy, or willing to engage in Insider Trading.
X. Thou shalt admit to the Public that words such as genius, masterpiece, priceless, seminal, potent, tough, gritty and powerful are used solely to prop up the Myth and inflate the Market Value of White Male Artists.
© 1989 Guerrilla Girls

GUERRILLA GIRLS' POP QUIZ

OH, THOSE SPECIAL MONTHS OF THE YEAR!

Assigning commemorative months to social issues has become another form of tokenism. This poster is a favorite on university campuses where African Americans and women always get art shows in February and March.

GUERRILLA GIRLS' DEFINITION OF A HYPOCRITE

GUERRILLA GIRLS GO BACK TO THE JUNGLE

By 1990 "multiculturalism" was a buzzword, accompanied by the perception that things had gotten better for women and artists of color. Artforum asked us to do one of their "Artist's Projects," and in it we announced the conditions for our retirement.