On September 9, from 6 pm, Guerrilla Girl Frida Kahlo will make an appearance at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.). Her presence marks the opening of a new site-specific work created by the Guerrilla Girls for the n.b.k. facade.

For over 40 years, the Guerrilla Girls have operated inside and outside institutional contexts, exposing inequalities around gender and race in the international art world and beyond. Their use of provocative slogans and visually striking poster campaigns has become their trademark. Their anonymous presence – the members of the collective always wear gorilla masks, going by the names of deceased women artists such as Frida Kahlo and Käthe Kollwitz rather than their own – is a radical act in an art world fueled by ego and fame. As questions about the relationship between art and activism are debated with fresh urgency, this is an opportune moment to revisit the Guerrilla Girls’ pioneering practice.