Get started with these eight pioneers—and bring home a piece of art history, whether it’s a provocative poster by the Guerrilla Girls or an inspiring print by Jenny Holzer. To buy any of these works, simply click on the image and contact the gallery directly.
Over the past three decades, this all-female, mask-wearing collective has exposed the lack of diversity in the art world through data-driven posters, billboards, and exhibitions.
Representing South Africa in the 55th Venice Biennale, Muholi has achieved worldwide acclaim for her arresting portraits of black lesbian and gay identity in the region.
Ringgold is celebrated for her personal and poignant narrative quilts—as well as her groundbreaking demonstrations for the inclusion of black and female artists in museum exhibitions in the 1960s and ’70s.
Holzer’s truisms, such as “Abuse of power comes as no surprise,” have gained new resonance this year, becoming the rallying cry for the art world’s #NotSurprised movement.
Recently featured by multiple galleries at Art Basel in 2017, this radical Egyptian artist borrows erotic imagery from pornographic magazines and transforms them into bright embroidered canvases.
A leader of early feminist art, Chicago is best known for her multimedia installation The Dinner Party (1974-79), which presents a triangular table set for 39 historic women.