Events - 6/9/26
An expansion, an evolution, re-envisaged and reframed within a new physical and cultural context: the third iteration of Miu Miu’s Tales & Tellers debuts in Shanghai from 5 June - 7 June 2026.
Exploring a complex intersection of fashion, cinema and contemporary art, Tales & Tellers takes as both inspiration and raw material the 31 individual works comprising Miu Miu Women’s Tales – filmic shorts, directed by women - and the seven interventions staged by female contemporary artists within Miu Miu’s seasonal shows between Spring/Summer 2022 and Spring/Summer 2025. At its heart, Tales & Tellers is an artistic celebration of the fundamental role of women as conveyors of knowledge, vessels of wisdom, and tellers of tales.
Originally envisaged by Miuccia Prada, this site-specific performance project is conceived by interdisciplinary artist Goshka Macuga, convened by Elvira Dyangani Ose, curator and artistic director of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial - in collaboration with theatre and opera director Fabio Cherstich.
Tales & Tellers debuted at the Palais d’Iéna as part of Art Basel Paris in October 2024; in 2025, it was re-imagined for the Terminal Warehouse in NYC. It is now entirely recalibrated for 2026 and expanded with the latest Miu Miu Women’s Tales films.
Throughout, the focus is on women: celebrating narratives defined and lead by female filmmakers, considerations of femininity and vanity, each film is literally brought to life through individual performance. Within the exhibition space, actors embody specific characters drawn from the anthology of films comprising Miu Miu Women’s Tales, and the cinematic components of the Miu Miu artistic interventions.
Envisaged as ‘custodians’ of their respective stories, through their actions and repeated gestures, they represent their respective stories, tellers of their tales, in constant dialogue between the recorded image - present through screenings of the Miu Miu Women’s Tales films - and their new reality, dichotomies between fact and fiction, past and present. As performers are juxtaposed within the space, perspectives are further shifted and new narratives formed: through their interactions, the work becomes a celebration both of the individual woman and collective women.
A spatial project as much as a performance piece, Tales & Tellers transforms according to its environs, dynamics inherently changing and interactions both physically and ideologically reframed. Here, is it rethought for the unique space of the Shanghai Exhibition Center. Dating to 1955, it is the earliest exhibition venue built following the founding of People’s Republic of China, a major event space for overhalf a century. Originally constructed in 1955 as the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building, its form language combines Russian neoclassicism with elements of social realism.
These qualities resonate with the meaning behind Tales & Tellers, the construction and conveyance of ideologies and narratives - with physical installation designed by OMA / AMO. More than a neutral container, the space and cultural ambience of Shanghai becomes an active protagonist. It is an environment that reconfigures concepts and narratives, helping to define their interactions and intersections, to re-tell their tales.
The project is open to the public on the 6th and 7th of June 2026, with a private preview on the 5th of June, at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Shanghai, No. 1000 Yan’an Middle Road, Shanghai.
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