Fairy Tales, curated by Amanda Slack-Smith at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), is a remarkable exhibition, featuring over a hundred works assembled from genres including film, set design, original costumes, animation, and contemporary art.
The exhibition is divided, though the crossovers are fluid, into three themes: “Into the Woods,” which draws mainly upon European classical tales like those from Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm; “Through the Looking Glass,” presenting more recent stories of parallel worlds by Maurice Sendak and L. Frank Baum; and “Ever After,” an exploration of love with its myriad complexities,
