The Dinner Party, Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago (American, born 1939). 

The Dinner Party, 1974–79. Ceramic, porcelain, textile, 576 × 576 in. (1463 × 1463 cm). 

Brooklyn Museum; Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. 

© Judy Chicago. (Photo: Donald Woodman)

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.

Source: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/dinner_party

Photo by Jong Heon Martin Kim

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