Four decades ago, the Guerrilla Girls transformed the museum landscape for good. Since then, the collective has continued its fight against sexism and racism in the art world while keeping its members anonymous — until now. Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar reports on artist Joyce Kozloff’s decision to reveal last week that she was a founding Guerrilla Girl.
Also making headlines, a MAGA-friendly artist’s sculpture of Thomas Jefferson has become the newest addition to the Rose Garden, part of Trump’s plan to reshape the White House grounds. And further into the realm of technocracy, AI company Nvidia has placed its CEO’s name on the next iteration of San Francisco’s California College of the Arts, which will reopen as a satellite campus of Vanderbilt University.
In the Bay Area, another model of art and political engagement appears in the work of Emory Douglas, the former Black Panther Party culture minister. Critic Max Blue visits the 83-year-old artist’s survey exhibition and finds a powerful reminder that art can open a path toward a better world.
—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor
