Ava DuVernay, Chloë Sevigny Talk Female Gaze, Agnes Varda and Claire Denis at Miu Miu’s Tales & Tellers Opening for Art Basel Paris
variety.comBen Croll Ava DuVernay, Chloë Sevigny, Cailee Spaeny and Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch were among the luminaries who took part in the chic vernissage (preview) hosted by Miu Miu for its first ever Tales & Tellers spotlight during Art Basel Paris at the Palais d’Iéna on Tuesday.
Running Oct. 16 – 20 as part of Art Basel Paris, the exhibition showcases more than 20 short films from the Miu Miu Women’s Tales series, bringing the work to life with bespoke installations and live performances by actresses and models dressed as characters from each title.
The retrospective exhibition, designed and curated by Goshka Macuga and Elvira Dyangani Ose, features Miu Miu commissioned shorts from the likes of DuVernay, Sevigny, Zoe R.
Cassavetes (“Broken English”), Lila Avilés (“Tótem”), Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (“Murina”), Crystal Moselle (“Skate Kitchen”), Carla Simón (“Alcarràs”), Catherine Martin (“Elvis”), Haifaa Al-Mansour (“Wadjda”) and Isabel Sandoval (“Lingua Franca”) – all of whom were on site for two days of panels exploring questions of femininity, vanity and the female gaze. “It’s amazing to see other female filmmakers in a space and an exhibition like this,” Haifaa Al-Mansour tells Variety. “It gives us this sense of sisterhood and makes us feel more powerful together.” Since 2011, the twice-a-year anthology offers female directors carte blanche to bring their visions to life, with annual commissions shared by established heavyweights like Lucrecia Martel and Lynne Ramsay as by emerging talents fresh from the festival circuit.
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