
Katsumi Nakai, 46-104, 1973 ©StudioGariboldi
KATSUMI NAKAI – VOLARE ALTO
Opere degli anni Sessanta e Settanta.
16 ottobre 2025 – 30 gennaio 2026
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ART GENÈVE 2026
Route François-Peyrot 30
1218 Le Grand-Saconnex
Preview e info a press@studiogariboldi.com
✨Studio Gariboldi is pleased to announce the exhibition ITALY-JAPAN, Japanese artists in Milan since 1960s.
The project offers a renewed perspective on the history of modern art, highlighting cultural exchange as a central driver of artistic innovation well before globalization became a defining paradigm. Artists such as #KatsumiNakai, #TomonoriToyofuku, #NobuyaAbe, #KeyHiraga and #AikoMiyawaki developed original approaches to abstract painting and sculpture by merging Eastern sensibilities with European formal structures, anticipating by decades a transnational understanding of artistic practice.
🔹Through a focused curatorial framework, Studio Gariboldi reconstructs the narrative of a unique cultural bridge, largely absent from dominant international accounts. The exhibition proposes abstraction as a shared field of experimentation—neither exclusively European nor uniquely Japanese-shaped through dialogue, movement, and exchange.
The exhibition presents a selection of works by Japanese artists supported by the gallery in recent years and is accompanied by previously unpublished archival documentation from the 1960s and 1970s.
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10 February - 02 April 2026
Monday to Friday
11am - 1pm | 2pm - 6pm
Corso Monforte 23 - 20122, Milan
Info in DM or press@studiogariboldi.com
✨Last day at @artgeneve – Salon d’Art 2026
Visit our Booth C47 to discover Italy–Japan, a project on Japanese artists active in Italy during the 1960s.
🕛 Opening hours
12 PM – 6 PM
🔹On view:
#NobuyaAbe
#TomonoriToyofuku
#AikoMiyawaki
#KatsumiNakai
Special guest #PieroDorazio
The project is supported by @consolato_giapponese
✨«Object 46-104» de Katsumi Nakai est la nouvelle acquisition du MAMCO @mamco_geneve dans le cadre d’Art Genève!
#KatsumiNakai, «Object 46-104», 1973, Acrylique et huile sur contreplaqué.
Katsumi Nakai est né en 1927 à Hirakata, dans la préfecture d’Osaka. Son parcours l’a conduit à Milan, une ville qui l’a profondément impressionné et qui est devenue la dernière étape de son voyage «suivant le soleil». Nakai a été proche du cercle d’artistes que le critique d’art Guido Ballo a décrit en 1967 comme la «Nouvelle École de Milan». Parmi eux, il a fait la connaissance de Tomonori Toyofuku et de Lucio Fontana, qui joueront un rôle fondamental dans la formation de sa vision artistique.
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#studiogariboldi #modernart #artgeneve2026 #giovannigariboldi
Third day in Geneva, at the Salon d’Art @artgeneve.
Art Genève 2026. Friday from 12 PM to 8 PM. Saturday from 12 PM to 7 PM, Sunday from 12 PM to 6 PM.
✨Exhibition dates
28.01 – 01.02.2026
🔹On view:
#NobuyaAbe
#TomonoriToyofuku
#AikoMiyawaki
#KatsumiNakai
Special guest #PieroDorazio
The project is supported by @consolato_giapponese
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First day in Geneva, at the Salon d’Art @artgeneve.
Art Genève – Salon d’Art 2026 opens today with its Preview (by invitation only), from 2 PM to 9 PM.
✨Exhibition dates
28.01 – 01.02.2026
🔹On view Italy–Japan, a project on Japanese artists active in Italy during the 1960s:
#NobuyaAbe
#TomonoriToyofuku
#AikoMiyawaki
#KatsumiNakai
Special guest #PieroDorazio
The project is supported by @consolato_giapponese
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#studiogariboldi #modernart #artgeneve2026 #giovannigariboldi #modernjapaneseart #artgallery #milan #geneve
#AikoMiyawaki (1929–2014) was a Japanese artist known for her sculptures made with brass pipes that explore light, reflection, and transformation. Active in Milan, New York, and many international cities, she developed an abstract and innovative language that combines various materials with a surrealist sensibility.
Studio Gariboldi will present works by Aiko Miyawaki and other Japanese artists at Geneva Art Fair
📍 Booth C47
🗓 January 29 – February 1
Preview & info: press@studiogariboldi.com
🎧 @alvanoto (Carsten Nicolai), a pioneering German electronic artist, and Ryuichi Sakamoto @skmtgram , the legendary Japanese composer and pianist, began collaborating in 2002, blending his delicate piano with Noto’s glitch-inspired electronics to create a deeply expressive, minimalist sound.
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#studiogariboldi #modernart #artgeneve2026 #giovannigariboldi #modernjapaneseart #artgallery #milan #geneve


