In Conversation: The Guerrilla Girls and Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay, 2024. Photo: Emmie America

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026

5pm

Getty Center

Harold M. Williams Auditorium

Free

Tickets are free, but required for event entrance. Your event ticket will also serve as your Center entrance reservation. Please note, there is a fee for parking.

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About

Join us for a powerful conversation between iconic feminist voices, the Guerrilla Girls and acclaimed author and cultural critic Roxane Gay, as they explore the intersections of activism, protest, and creative expression.

The conversation will be available on the Getty Research Institute YouTube channel following the event.

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  1. Roxane Gay

    Writer

    Roxane Gay is a writer, professor, editor and social commentator. She is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and author of several bestselling books, including Bad Feminist (2014), Difficult Women (2017) and Hunger (2017). She has several books forthcoming and is also at work on television and film projects.

  2. The Guerrilla Girls

    Activists

    The Guerrilla Girls are anonymous artist activists who use disruptive headlines, outrageous visuals, and killer statistics to expose gender and ethnic bias and corruption in art, film, politics, and pop culture. Since their founding in 1985, the collective has produced hundreds of projects including street campaigns, books, performances, exhibitions, and more.

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Planning your arrival

Please bring your tickets with you and have them open on your mobile device or printed. Your event ticket is also your entry to the Getty Center and will be checked upon arrival as you go through security before taking the tram or walking up the hill.

Your ticket will also be checked at the event entrance.

Event check-in

Check-in begins 30 minutes before program start time at the Harold M. Williams Auditorium. Doors open 15 minutes before program start time.

Seating

Unless otherwise noted, all seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend arriving early to guarantee a seat. Unclaimed tickets may be released 15 minutes prior to the event.

Accessibility

Wheelchairs are available for free rental on a first-come, first-served basis at the Lower Tram Station above the parking structure and at the Coat Check Room in the Museum Entrance Hall.

Assisted listening devices are available for this event. Please request one from our Visitor Services associates when you check in.

For more information on how we can support your visit to the Getty Center, learn about accessibility at Getty.

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