Objects “Dearest Art Collector” handkerchief by the Guerilla Girls

£22

On International Women’s Day, here’s a handkerchief to call out those who don’t give female artists the spotlight they deserve. “Dearest Art Collector” is one of a series of posters by the group of anonymous American female artists who call themselves the Guerrilla Girls. Produced in the 1980s, the works targeted museums, dealers, curators, critics and artists who they felt were actively responsible for, or complicit in, the exclusion of women and non-white artists from mainstream exhibitions and publications.

Handwritten in a cute, girly style in the form of a letter on pink paper, headed by a flower with a sad face, the text states their confidence that the collector will rectify the error of their ways and collect more works by female artists. Originally made in 1986, the letter has now been embroidered on a handkerchief to dangle from your pocket. Though progress has been made in the art world since the 1980s, sadly its message still resonates today.