Christian Louboutin and Malù dalla Piccola Stage Surrealist Dinner Performance at Frieze New York

During Frieze New York, Christian Louboutin and artist Malù dalla Piccola presented 'Table Talk,' a four-act performance piece at the United Palace in Washington Heights. Guests collected red-hued entry tickets and sipped Ruinart Blanc de Blancs before ascending to the stage for a candlelit dinner. The performance, inspired by the 1948 film 'The Red Shoes' and Surrealist dinner parties of Post-War Paris, explored surveillance, maternity, and the uncanny. Dancer Madi Tanguay performed a ballet solo in scarlet pointe shoes. Piccola, seven months pregnant, co-created the work with Ekaterina Scherbakova. The four-course menu, designed by Piccola and chef Thu Pham Buser, included scallop crudo on ice blocks and a large pâté en croûte. Guests included Met Trustee Robert Denning, who compared the setting to Judy Chicago's 'The Dinner Party.' The evening concluded with Tanguay performing a final solo in Louboutin ballet flats.