Ava DuVernay, Chlo? Sevigny Among Female Directors and Talent to Participate in Miu Miu’s Tales & Tellers Conversations at Art Basel Paris

Miuccia Prada’s fashion brand Miu Miu has unveiled the talent-packed program of its Tales & Tellers conversations lineup which will unfold at the Palais d’Iena during the Art Basel Paris. Miu Miu is an official partner of the public program.

Tales & Tellers was conceived by Polish artist Goshka Macuga and curated by Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona. An immersive, site-specific art project and series of short film screenings and conversations, Tales & Tellers was influenced by Miu Miu’s collaborations within the worlds of filmmaking and art.

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Kicking off with a chic vernissage on Oct. 15 on the eve of opening of Art Basel Paris, this year’s inaugural Tales & Tellers program will bring together directors, talent and artists coming from different horizons who have participated in Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales and/or collaborated with the brand on the fashion shows.

Four panels hosted in two days, on Oct. 16-17, will be organized with Ava DuVernay, Chlo? Sevigny, Zoe R. Cassavetes (“Broken English”), Lila Avilés (“La Camarista”), Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovi? (“Murina”), Crystal Moselle (“Skate Kitchen”), Carla Simón (“Alcarràs”), Catherine Martin (“Elvis”), Haifaa Al-Mansour (“Wadjda”) and Isabel Sandoval (“Brooklyn Secret”), among others. They will exchange about their lives and work during these conversations.

Since its inception, Miu Miu has explored femininity, vanity and the female gaze. In 2011, Miu Miu launched the Women’s Tales series to give female filmmakers a platform to present their views on womanhood through different perspectives, stories and genres.

Alongside the Tales, Miu Miu has hosted its biannual runway presentations at the Palais d’Iéna in Paris over the past three years. Weaving art and fashion, the shows have been highlighting the work of female artists through conceptual installations and moving images.

Variety is a partner of Miu Miu for the Tales & Tellers program at the Art Basel Paris.

Here is the full lineup of conversations as part of the Tales & Tellers program:

Oct. 16

11.00 a.m.: Laura Citarella, Ava DuVernay, Catherine Martin and Carla Simón; in conversation with: Elvira Dyangani Ose

3 p.m.: Meriem Bennani, Janicza Bravo, Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg, Chlo? Sevigny and Chui Mui Tan; in conversation with: Sophia Al Maria

6 p.m.: Lila Avilés, Hailey Gates, Geumhyung Jeong, Shuang Li and Celia Rowlson-Hall; in conversation with: Cécile B. Evans

Oct. 17

11 a.m.: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovi?, Zoe R. Cassavetes, So Yong Kim and Crystal Moselle; in conversation with: Ma?gorzata Szumowska

3 p.m.: Haifaa Al-Mansour, Massy Tadjedin and Isabel Sandoval; in conversation with: Elvira Dyangani Ose

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