View this post on Instagram ‘Humankind is represented by mankind … Fake news!’, said Judy Chicago, laughing, when she met Art Basel’s video team at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami. Most of the artist’s forty-year-long career has been spent debunking that myth. Her best-known work, ‘The Dinner Party’ (1974–1979), celebrates the role of women throughout history. The monumental installation has drawn over one million of visitors since its first display and is now permanently housed at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City.‘ The Dinner Party’ has sometimes overshadowed the diversity of Chicago’s practice. Yet she has tackled minimalism, land art, history painting, and embroidery, addressing topics as diverse as male domination, depression, and the Holocaust. For the ‘Birth Project (1980–85), Chicago turned her eye to what she saw as a major blind spot in art history: the representation of

CIELA wins the Grand Chameleon Award Best Narrative Feature – COYOTE Best Documentary Feature – SWEETHEART DEAL Best Narrative Short – CIELA Brooklyn, NY (June 12th, 2023) – 26th Brooklyn Film Festival “Human Times”, which was staged both indoor at Windmill Studios, Wythe Hotel, The Center for Fiction and online, ended on Sunday, June 11th with an award ceremony during which all the winners were announced. Three groups picked the competition’s winners: 1) The external panels of judges, 2) The festival Board of Directors, and 3) the Audience. Through the resources of industry-related sponsors, the winning filmmakers have been awarded prizes in cash, products and services. To learn more about the BFF selection process and to check the full award breakdown: visit our Winners and Awards & Prizes pages on our website. CIELA picked up the coveted Grand Chameleon and the Best Narrative Short awards. COYOTE took home the award for Best Narrative Feature. The award for Best Documentary Feature went

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