It's great to have a book on the Guerrilla Girls! Their art has to be known by many people and more than that, the things they stand for. I liked how the movement was presented and I cannot recommend it more!

I have been a fan of the Guerilla Girls for a long time and unfortunately they are still relevant and needed. This book is a good introduction to the movement. There are a lot of photographs of their various campaigns with some text. Anyone with an interest in art and women's history will find the book informative.

This was a book that EVERYONE needs to read. Especially with everything going on with the world right now? We need more of this. Absolutely loved reading about them & seeing all the things they’ve done over the years. Fighting for the right things from women rights to women having their art in museums. This book points out how much white males suck and the world has absolutely no diversity. I’m going to literally give this book to everyone. It’s a book that needs to be out there!

A brilliant book by one of the most celebrated, loved yet controversial group of people who, while complaining about the disparities in the world of art and museums, have had a great impact on the History of Art.

The book talks about how, what and when and why they did what they did. From beautiful illustrations to posters to pictures, you get the whole movement covered.

If ever there was a time to make protest art wouldn’t it be now? In 10 short months we’ve gone from ‘normal crazy’ to outright mayhem, chaos and anarchy with little street art questioning any of it. Have you seen anything in your town? Anything that suddenly appears on a street, wall or empty storefront which makes you pause to look and maybe say WTF or better yet think and question?

While most street artists work anonymously there are a few, like Banksy, Pussy Riot, The Faction and Lushsux who have achieved notoriety, fame and fortune. That said, with the exception of The Faction, none seem to hail from or regularly create art in the US. Can that be right? Is no one making challenging art in America today?

Actually there is one group. The Guerilla Girls. Ever heard of them? Based in NYC, these anonymous women artists has been making provocative art questioning the role females play in the art world since 1985. You would think after 35 years of asking why more women aren’t represented by galleries or shown in major museums things might have changed for the better, but then you would be very wrong.
35 years after their birth the girls are still wearing their ape masks and still creating posters, billboards, handbills, installations and books showcasing their brand of art-for-change. I got a chance to delve into ‘all things girls’ when I reviewed their newest book, Guerilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly. I learned about their earliest days as bad-ass art renegades who created ‘guerrilla’ style undercover street art to bring awareness to their message.

Witty women one and all, the founding mothers decided to don ‘guerrilla’ masks as they papered the streets of New York with their How Many Women Had One-Person Exhibitions at NYC Museums Last Year? posters. I love one guerrilla girl’s belief that “if you’re in a situation where you’re a little afraid to speak up, put a mask on. You won’t believe what comes out of your mouth.” They definitely put their money where their mouth is, building a platform for their message of equality and inclusion which is, unfortunately, needed as much today as it was back in ’85.

Guerilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly is a great, fast paced read and is worthy of a spot on any creative’s bookcase. I would encourage any creative-minded young person to spend some time with he book, using it as inspiration for making incendiary art of their own. That goes for us adults too. The girls core belief of challenging and changing existing paradigms through subversive art is an idea anyone, regardless of age, can embrace!

I'd never heard of the Guerilla Girls prior to seeing this book on Net Galley. I'm not in the art world and don't live in NYC or another major city. Depsite this, it sounded interesting and I'm glad that I was able to read this book. I looked them up on Instagram and sadly, they aren't active. I'd love to see more of their stuff. I'd recommend this to a wide range of people even though the Guerilla Girls actions are specifically in the art world and in major cities.

I. Love. This. Book. From the first time I saw work from the Guerilla Girls I knew I was hooked. It’s such powerful work with a punch-
I can’t wait to get out there and support- and keep supporting women artists and artists of color.

actual rating: 3.5

I had seen the images of the posters showing the difference between the number of female artists vs female nude artworks circulating around the around for several years now but never realized that they were from a group who had been doing a lot of projects like that for many years. This book shows those posters as well as a bunch of other similar projects by the Guerrilla Girls. Most of the page space is taken up by pictures with minimal captions / explanations [although a lot of it really speaks for itself] so if you are wanting a more in depth look at the Guerrilla Girls there are probably better books to find, but it's definitely an interesting introductory piece and would make a good coffee table book.

A new compilation documenting the work of the Guerrilla Girls over the last 35 years. They have been calling out the art world to advocate for better representation of women and artists of color in museum collections, gallery shows, exhibition reviews, and financial compensation. They are unsung masters of infographics, combining depressing statistics with wit and tongues firmly in cheek.

Thank you, GG, for all of your work, though. I wish it was no longer necessary. Sadly, the more things change, the more things stay the same. Although there has been incremental progress, it is not enough. More can and needs to be done. Alas, this book ends in early 2019, so there is nothing about recent attempts at unionization by art workers, especially in New York and Los Angeles. Many institutions, such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, were re-examining their collections and how they describe them. And then the pandemic hit, and many museums have permanently laid off workers. The guerrilla girls work to increase diversity is even more vital during this year of reckoning,

"Our motto: Do one thing. If it works, do another. If it doesn't, do another anyway. Just keep chipping away."

Beautiful collection of campaigns from the Guerrilla Girls. I've always loved this group and their activism, so it was cool to see many of their campaigns together in one collection. My favorite campaigns include "Who Is This Slimy Creature? It's Newt!" (referring to Newt Gingrich), "3 Ways to Write a Museum Wall Label When the Artist is a Sexual Predator," and "Top Ten Signs that You're an Art World Token."

Thanks to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for an ARC!

I read this book entirely in one sitting, it was unputdownable. As an art teacher (K-5) and a former BA student in Drawing and Painting, the Guerrilla Girls movement means so much to me. The movement is one of my favorites in art history and contemporary art. This comprehensive book about the history of the movement, paired with gorgeous photographs of the work of the Guerrilla Girls will be a huge educational aid for me as a teacher. Once this book comes out, I will need tog et a copy to keep in my classroom library for when I teach my students about equality in art.

The Guerrilla Girls have been around what seems like forever, yet their message is still relevant and current. How disheartening. "Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly" is a great visual book follows the Guerrilla Girls throughout time and around the world and drive the point across.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A very good book with great pictures about an important subject of female equality. Easily written and explained with lots of pictures. We need more of this in life!

I am always facilitating with the Guerrilla Girls, the have a great take on how to bring light to women and women of colour not getting the recognition they deserve.