Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party, 1974–79. Ceramic, porcelain, textile, 576 x 576 in. (1463 x 1463 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. © Judy Chicago. Photo: © Aislinn Weidele for Polshek Partnership Architects
Long-Term Installation
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
The Dinner Party, an important icon of 1970s feminist art and a milestone in twentieth-century art, is presented as the centerpiece around which the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is organized. The Dinner Party comprises a massive ceremonial banquet, arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history. The settings consist of embroidered runners, gold chalices and utensils, and china-painted porcelain plates with raised central motifs that are based on vulvar and butterfly forms and rendered in styles appropriate to the individual women being honored. The names of another 999 women are inscribed in gold on the white tile floor below the triangular table. This permanent installation is enhanced by rotating Herstory Gallery exhibitions relating to the 1,038 women honored at the table.
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art was established through the generosity of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
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Visitor comments
Wouldn't it be nice if you could have The Dinner Party books reprinted and offer them for sale? Also Judy Chicago's posters?
I was at the opening of The Dinner Party in SF. Was that ever an amazing experience. I taught The Dinner Party in my Women's Studies classes for years. I saw it again when it first came to the Brooklyn Museum. Thanks so much for giving it a permanent home to inspire women "forever.
in regards to the dinner party permanent exhibition i am extremely disappointed that the third part of the exhibit is not accessible, i am here from virginia especially to see this great exhibit and find it inexcusable that it is closed to viewing. i am planning a return trip at the end of october and would like to be notified if it will be accessible then
Isn't it sad that the actual women, the volunteers, who actually helped to do the work, are not mentioned. I do not consider that this is a very feminist attitude to women's work.
Hi - I am definitely delighted to find this. great job!
Je suis venue passer une dizaine de jours à NY et suis allée mercredi dernier voir le musée de Brooklyn dont on m'avait dit le plus grand bien. La découverte de cette oeuvre magistrale et monumentale a été un des moments les plus forts de mon séjour. Je suis consciente de la chance qui m'a été donnée de voir une oeuvre majeure du XXe siècle. Merci de ce cadeau.
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