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 erased from history.

Judy Chicago is an artist, author, feminist, educator, and intellectual—and the creator of The Dinner Party. Carmen Hermo is Associate Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Here, they discuss Chicago's vision for The Dinner Party, the extensive historical research it required, and the team behind the creation of the work.

This episode is part of The Dinner Party Today, a series by the Brooklyn Museum in which artists, writers, and thinkers reflect on the artwork's legacy and the women it represents.

Read more about The Dinner Party and the Heritage Floor, where the names of an additional 999 women are inscribed. Hear from Massimiliano Gioni, director of the New Museum and curator of Herstory, about Judy Chicago's work and influence. Visit the Brooklyn Museum to see The Dinner Party in person.

This project was produced by Seaplane Armada and the Brooklyn Museum.