Guerrilla Girls Founder Joyce Kozloff Reveals Identity After 41 Years
After 41 years of remaining anonymous, artist Joyce Kozloff has revealed her role as a founding member of the Guerrilla Girls, a feminist activist group dedicated to combating sexism and racism in the art sector. In an interview with Art Journal Open, she shared that her pseudonym within the collective was "Liubov Popova," named after the Russian avant-garde artist. Previously, in 2016, she authored a biographical essay about Popova for Hyperallergic. In other news, a bronze sculpture of Thomas Jefferson by a MAGA-aligned artist has been placed in the White House Rose Garden as part of President Donald Trump's renovation plans. Additionally, Nvidia has pledged millions to name its upcoming California College of the Arts campus after CEO Jensen Huang. Critic Max Blue reviews Emory Douglas's exhibition, while Liz Kim critiques Sable Elyse Smith’s work. The newsletter features a studio visit with Shahryar Nashat and an archival piece on Leonardo da Vinci's "Grotesque Head of an Old Woman," recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art.
Key facts
- Joyce Kozloff revealed herself as a founding Guerrilla Girls member after 41 years.
- Her pseudonym within the collective was 'Liubov Popova'.
- Kozloff published a biographical essay on Popova in Hyperallergic in 2016.
- A bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson was added to the White House Rose Garden by Trump.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is funding a San Francisco campus of California College of the Arts, reopening as a Vanderbilt University satellite.
- Emory Douglas, former Black Panther Party culture minister, has a survey exhibition at age 83.
- Sable Elyse Smith's work critiques the prison-industrial complex through Minimalist legacies.
- Leonardo da Vinci's 'Grotesque Head of an Old Woman' was acquired by the National Gallery of Art.
Entities
Artists
- Joyce Kozloff
- Liubov Popova
- Emory Douglas
- Sable Elyse Smith
- Shahryar Nashat
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Thomas Jefferson
Institutions
- Guerrilla Girls
- Hyperallergic
- Art Journal Open
- White House
- Nvidia
- California College of the Arts
- Vanderbilt University
- Black Panther Party
- National Gallery of Art
Locations
- San Francisco
- United States
- Bay Area