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Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is an installation consisting of a banquet table with places set for 39 mythical and historical women; it honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their names in gold. The work, completed in 1979, addresses the absence of women from dominant historical narratives. Chicago intended The Dinner Party to be so vast and impressive that women could never again be eras...

Since the 1970s, Judy Chicago (American, born 1939) has been a pioneer in the development of feminist art. Her most influential work is the sweeping installation The Dinner Party (1974–79), a celebration of women's achievements in the form of a meticulously executed banquet table. Places are set for 39 mythical and historical women, and the work honors an additional 999 women by inscribing their n...

Spike Lee remembers novelist Toni Morrison and a portrait of her painted by artist Tim Okamura. In 2020, Morrison (1931–2019) was commemorated as one of Time magazine's "100 Women of the Year." As part of the project, Time created new covers for past issues, for which this painting was commissioned. The portrait became the cover of the reimagined 1993 issue, honoring the year Morrison became the f...

Spike Lee describes where he first saw the posters for The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, two films that he has underscored as particularly important to him and his work. This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets. See a photo of the posters and other objects Le...

Spike Lee talks about the photographer Richard Avedon and his portrait of Malcolm X, created in 1963. This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets. See a photo of the portrait and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide   This project was produced by S...

Spike Lee describes the summer of 1977, when he received a Super 8 camera as a gift from a childhood friend while he was in New York on break from Morehouse College. This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets. See a photo of the camera and other objects Lee discusses:...

Spike Lee reads a letter that President Barack Obama wrote to him in 2015, when Lee received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets. See a photo of the letter and other objects Lee discusses:...

Spike Lee reveals how he received Prince's unique "Love Symbol" guitar from the artist himself. Lee worked with Prince several times, directing some of his music videos and using his songs in the film Girl 6. This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets. See a photo of...

Spike Lee talks about the French poster for Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront , one of his favorite films, which he credits with changing cinema. This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets. See a photo of the poster and other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLe...

Spike Lee remembers taking a photo with his siblings, Joie, David, Cinqué, and Christopher Lee, at 186 Warren Street in Cobble Hill, where they lived as children. The photo is dated circa 1967–70. This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to  Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets. See the photo and other ob...

One of Spike Lee's most treasured possessions is an African National Congress flag signed by former South African president Nelson Mandela and activist and politician Winnie Mandela. Lee acquired the flag in 1992 while shooting the final scenes for Malcolm X, in which Nelson Mandela plays a teacher in Soweto. He won the country's first democratic elections in 1994. This episode is part of an adapt...

Spike Lee shares his thoughts on Nike's "Jumpman" ad campaign, Michael Jordan, and Air Jordans, which are featured in Lee's film She's Gotta Have It . In the film, Lee plays Mars Blackmon, a basketball-obsessed breakdancer who wears a "Brooklyn" cycling cap, name chain, and the famous sneakers. Lee's poster is signed and inscribed by Michael Jordan: "My Very Best . . . #23." This episode is part o...

Spike Lee talks about Shepard Fairey's 2008 portrait of former United States president Barack Obama, featuring Obama's likeness and the word "PROGRESS." Lee owns a screenprint of the design, signed by Obama and inscribed by Fairey with the words, "Spike, thanks for the inspiration." This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through...

As Spike Lee accepted an Oscar for BlacKkKlansman in 2019, his speech praised "our ancestors who have built this country into what it is today." Hear why Lee opted to bring his speech on paper instead of submitting it to the teleprompter ahead of the ceremony. This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources , open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit...

Spike Lee breaks down why he shared his personal collection with the public for Spike Lee: Creative Sources , an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. In the following episodes, he tells stories inspired by a selection of objects in the exhibition. Spike Lee: Creative Sources is open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets. See photos of the objects L...