Cailee Spaeny, Ava Duvernay, and many more influential women in film attended a viewing of the exhibition, which is taking place during Art Basel Paris.
Over the past couple of decades, fashion and art have become more intertwined than ever—consider the raft of collaborations and sponsorships that we see on runways and in museums on a regular basis. Few people in fashion, however, have embraced the art world more seriously—or confidently—than Miuccia Prada.
With Miu Miu, her more experimental line, Prada has promoted the arts in a very specific way. Since 2011, through her “Women’s Tales” project, she has commissioned female artists and directors to create films exploring the many facets of femininity, and the world around them. Now in its 28th iteration, the series has featured quite a roster, including Agnès Varda, Janicza Bravo, Zoe Cassavetes, Miranda July, and Crystal Moselle.
Many of these creative powerhouses gathered in Paris this week for “Tales and Tellers” a powerful exhibition staged at the Palais d’Iena. Convened by Elvira Dyangani Ose, the director of the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona, it was curated by the Polish artist Goshka Macuga, who was the subject of an exhibition at the Fondazione Prada in 2016.
Although the films are as diverse as the women who created them, they tackle common subjects, like the idea of vanity—a term that is often associated with superficiality, but which can also be interpreted as the way we construct a sense of self or choose to present ourselves to the world. These and other topics were addressed over a series of talks featuring panelists like Ava Duvernay, Chloé Sevigny, and Catherine Martin.
With such an assemblage of talent and stimulation, some in the room were left speechless during the vernissage. But perhaps one anonymous, overheard attendee put it best: “It’s like Mrs. Prada’s
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