From March 21 to June 21, 2026, the Castle of Miradolo (Turin) is hosting the exhibition There is a Fairy Tale Today. Castles, Fairies, Woods and Magical Objects. From Emilio Isgrò to Pinot Gallizio, from Kiki Smith to Lucio Fontana, curated by Roberto Galimberti with general coordination by Paola Eynard and iconographic consulting by Enrica Melossi. The exhibition takes the form of a collective tale in which the traditional fairy tale takes shape through the works of protagonists of modern and contemporary art. From Osvaldo Licini to Fausto Melotti, from Lucio Fontana to Michelangelo Pistoletto, from Piero Gilardi to Giuseppe Penone, to Yves Klein, Carol Rama, Aldo Mondino, Emilio Isgrò, Luigi Mainolfi, Emanuele Luzzati, Joseph Kosuth, Kiki Smith, Grazia Toderi, Pinot Gallizio, Luigi Veronesi, Joseph Beuys, Sofia Cacherano di Bricherasio and Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, the path weaves together different eras, languages and sensibilities. The works do not simply illustrate tales, but evoke their deep structures (the mirror, the forest, the magical object, the metamorphosis, the happy ending), transforming the castle into a space that is both intimate and shared.
The works come from important Turin institutions such as GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, the Musei Reali di Torino, Teatro Regio di Torino and Fondazione Tancredi di Barolo - MUSLI, as well as from private collections, foundations and international galleries. Eighteen years after the birth of the Cosso Foundation, the exhibition project chooses the fairy tale as the key to reflecting on the contemporary role of the castle: a place of imagination, growth and storytelling.
The exhibition interweaves the oral and archaic dimension of storytelling with the great European literary tradition, presenting rare editions and historical publications: from Giovan Francesco Straparola to Giambattista Basile, from the Brothers Grimm to Hans Christian Andersen, to Charles Perrault and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Alongside the classics are pop-up books, domestic theater olumes and precious examples of paper engineering, along with unexpected versions and variants that demonstrate how the same story (just think of Cinderella, of which there are more than seven hundred versions) can transform over time.
The rooms of the castle are divided into thematic nuclei: the forest and the castle become inner landscapes; the mirror transforms the visitor into the protagonist; the antagonist emerges among shadows and chessboards. Symbolic objects such as shoes, apples, roses, and carpets build a web of clues, while the transformation, the helper, and the happy ending are expressed through installations, light sculptures, and perforated skies that suggest possibilities rather than final solutions.
The itinerary is enriched by apreviously unseen sound installation curated by Avant-dernière pensée, inspired by Maurice Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye, a 1910 suite based on Perrault’s tales Madame d’Aulnoy and Madame Leprince de Beaumont.
Developed in parallel is Da un metro in giù, an educational project designed for all ages that invites exploration of art and reality through play. Special attention is paid to accessibility, with multilingual texts, inclusive tools (Easy to Read, CAA, LIS, audio descriptions), dedicated paths and the presence of the Quiet Space, to make the exhibition accessible to all.
Hours: Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (last admission at 5:30 p.m.)
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