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Before there was “girl dinner” there was The Dinner Party created by Judy Chicago. 🍽️ With our new audio guide, The Dinner Party Today, feast on the details of this installation with artists, writers, and thinkers as they reflect on the artwork’s legacy and the women it represents. In this episode, Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum, discusses Judy Chicago's legacy and that of Christine de Pisan, a medieval writer and intellectual represented in The Dinner Part