Guerrilla Girls

Horror on the National Mall!

2007

Magazine-style poster "Horror on the National Mall!" accuses museums of locking thousands of women artists in basements.
Magazine-style poster "Horror on the National Mall!" accuses museums of locking thousands of women artists in basements.
Recto

Not on view

Date
2007

Classification
Prints

Medium
Poster

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 1/16 × 18 1/16 in. (61.1 × 45.9 cm) Image: 24 1/16 × 18 1/16 in. (61.1 × 45.9 cm)

Accession number
2015.8.75

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Guerrilla Girls

API
artworks/46984

Part of a series:
Guerrilla Girls' Portfolio Compleat: 1985-2012
91 works

Poster shows a reclining nude with gorilla mask asking if women must be naked to enter the Met Museum.
Billboard quoting Michele Bachmann about civil rights and urging voters to vote No on marriage discrimination.
Guerilla Girls poster with gorilla-masked figures calling for museums to exhibit more art by women.
A giant red estrogen pill shaped like a bomb flies over Earth with manifesto text.
Pink poster listing complaints about Irish museums and the low representation of women artists.
A large pint and small shot illustrate male dominance in Irish art with bold headline and statistics.
Brick-wall collage of misogynistic quotes and names highlighting harmful statements about women.
Mural on a brick wall displaying misogynistic quotes and names highlighted to expose and criticize sexism.
Poster protesting Bronx Museum for excluding male artists and demanding more male representation.
Handwritten pink letter from Guerrilla Girls criticizing Eli Broad's art collection for lacking women and artists of color.

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