Guerrilla Girls

Bus Companies are More Enlightened than Art Galleries
2014

A poster with bold text stating "BUS COMPANIES ARE MORE ENLIGHTENED THAN ART GALLERIES." Below, a list compares the percentage of women in various jobs, with red annotations and corrections, highlighting the low representation of women in art galleries. The poster is credited to Guerrilla Girls, self-described as the conscience of the art world.

A poster with bold text stating "BUS COMPANIES ARE MORE ENLIGHTENED THAN ART GALLERIES." Below, a list compares the percentage of women in various jobs, with red annotations and corrections, highlighting the low representation of women in art galleries. The poster is credited to Guerrilla Girls, self-described as the conscience of the art world.

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Date
2014

Classification
Prints

Medium
Poster

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 × 22in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)

Accession number
2020.28.6

Series
Guerrilla Girls' Portfolio Compleat 2012-2016 Upgrade, 2016-2018

Edition
19/50

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee in honor of David W. Kiehl

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/62461

Guerrilla Girls
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