One of our most well known posters was done ages ago, in 1989: It says: “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met museum?” We went to the Metropolitan Museum in New York and did what we like to call “the weenie count.” We counted the number of naked males and naked females in the paintings versus the number of female and male artists [whose works were on display]. Less than 5 percent of the artists were women, but 85 percent of the nudes were female. A couple years ago, we went back to the Met and counted again. We were sure it would be so much better! But in 2005, we found the statistic was less than 3 percent of artists were women and 83 percent [of the] nudes. So, a few less women artists but a few more naked men.
- Guerilla Girl "Kathe Kollwitz" in an article in this week's WW. The Guerilla Girls ("a feminist collective") turn 20 this year.
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