The Guerrilla Girls

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The Guerrilla Girls have had their ups and downs, their message against discrimination has only widened and intensified: Both their support of equal representation of queer artists and artists of color, along with their focus on the flow on money through art channels have become key platforms in their fact-finding mission. In March 2012 alone, the Guerrilla Girls had two new projects hitting the streets and piercing minds, as they label themselves the conscious of the art world. (Guerrilla girls, inc, 2016) The message being sent by the Guerrilla Girls grew as not only did they’re updated museum guide stocked with the recent salaries, disproportions in pay, creating even more discussion about gender inequality in the art world. Within an interview

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