Katsumi Nakai. A Dialogue Between Japan and Italy

28.10.2025

On October 16, we opened the exhibition Katsumi Nakai. Flying High — the second solo show dedicated to the Japanese artist, featuring works from the 1960s and 1970s. The exhibition is part of a broader artistic and cultural project that has defined the gallery since its foundation.
Studio Gariboldi’s research began with postwar Italian and international informal painting and continues to explore the connections between artists who lived and worked in Milan during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
In recent years, the focus has turned to the relationship between Italy and Japan: artists such as Katsumi Nakai, Yayoi Kusama, Tomonori Toyofuku, Aiko Miyawaki, Nobuya Abe, Key Hiraga, and others have been presented in our gallery, narrating the artistic story of that era — one deeply rooted in the courtyard of Corso Monforte 23, where Lucio Fontana had his studio and lasting friendships were born.
Flying High also includes a photographic section displaying images of iconic Milanese interiors and exhibition views personally curated by Nakai in the 1970s.

The exhibition is open Monday to Friday, until January 30.
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.