Is it finally time for the Guerrilla Girls to remove their masks?

A 25 February 2026 feature in The Art Newspaper examines whether the Guerrilla Girls’ long-standing anonymity still serves their mission, in the context of the Getty exhibition “How to Be a Guerrilla Girl,” on view through 12 April. The article notes that the feminist activist group adopted gorilla masks and aliases of deceased women artists, and in 1990 produced a poster titled “GUERRILLA GIRLS’ IDENTITIES EXPOSED!” listing nearly 500 artists’ names as a strategic tease rather than a true roster. The Getty show draws from the institution’s 2008 acquisition of 96 boxes plus portfolios and flat files of Guerrilla Girls art and archival material, but does not reveal members’ identities. Founding participants using the names “Kathë Kollwitz” and “Frida Kahlo” say anonymity protected members from professional retaliation and kept attention on systemic discrimination rather than individual biographies.

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