Opening: Thursday, 6 March, at 6 p.m.
The exhibition presents for the first time in Bulgaria the art of Guerrilla Girls. The retrospective `The Art of Behaving Badly` features the group’s most significant works, including the legendary poster `Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get into the Metropolitan Museum?`—a piece that made waves in 1989 by highlighting that while less than 5% of artists in modern art museums were women, 85% of the nude figures depicted were female. The exhibition is part of BFW’s multi-year Fund for Art Projects by Women Artists.
About Guerrilla Girls
The anonymous artists’ group was founded in New York in 1985, following an action that criticized the policies of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The group drew attention to gender and racial inequality in the artistic community and society at large. Through posters, books, billboards, lectures, interviews, public appearances, and digital interventions, the Guerrilla Girls expose inequalities, discrimination, corruption, and conflicts of interest in artistic institutions. Its members remain anonymous, wearing gorilla masks and using pseudonyms of female artists from past eras.
And More Exciting News
On 7 March, 2025—just a day after the official opening—two of the group’s founding members, known by the pseudonyms Frida Kahlo and Käthe Kollwitz, will deliver a live, performative lecture at the National Gallery / Kvadrat 500.
Visitors are encouraged to actively participate, share their thoughts, and even `behave badly` by donning the collective’s iconic gorilla masks—a playful yet powerful way to challenge the dominant norms of the art world and advocate for equal access to artistic spaces.
Media partner: BTA / Bulgarian News Agency.
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