Los Angeles (State of Mind)

From 28 May to 26 September 2021, Gallerie d’Italia – Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano will be opening its doors to art from a new contemporary mecca, a city that has at last adopted an international outlook with an eye for new cultural phenomena: Los Angeles.

It is a complex art form, a unique world where experimentation and painting, extreme performances and fusions with alternative “lowbrow” cultures go hand-in-hand.

Curated by Luca Beatrice, Los Angeles (State of Mind) tells the tale of a city through the different generations of artists who have made their name there from the 1970s until today.

For several years now, Intesa Sanpaolo’s museum in Naples has been hosting a cycle of exhibitions on the world capitals of contemporary art.

It focused on New York in 2017, London in 2018 and Berlin in 2019, turning Gallerie d’Italia into a showcase for the very latest international art, often in its boldest and most innovative expressions.

The fourth date in the series explores the art of another American metropolis, Los Angeles, with an exhibition featuring numerous galleries and collectors from Naples, highlighting once again the close relationship between the city and the international art world.

Accompanying the exhibit is the Edizioni Gallerie d’Italia | Skira catalogue.