Andy Warhol e l’Italia: a Milano la mostra che svela il volto inedito del Re della Pop Art
A new exhibition in Milan, "Andy Warhol. Passaggio in Italia 1975-1987," explores the Pop Art icon's previously under-examined decade-long relationship with Italy. Hosted at La Galleria Crédit Agricole – Refettorio delle Stelline until June 20, the show is not a standard retrospective but a "memoir in images" reconstructing Warhol's creative intersections with Italian culture, gallerists, and cities like Naples and Milan. It features the series "Vesuvius" and "The Last Supper," alongside unpublished photographs, documents, and memorabilia from figures such as Lucio Amelio, Alexander Iolas, and Luciano Anselmino, as well as a section on Warhol's LP covers and the "Ladies and Gentlemen" series.
This exhibition matters because it sheds new light on a formative yet underexplored period of Warhol's career, revealing his deep engagement with Italian art, spirituality, and commerce. By juxtaposing Warhol's works with pieces by contemporaries like Ettore Sottsass jr and Hermann Nitsch from the Crédit Agricole collection, the show also underscores the bank's commitment to cultural heritage. It positions Milan as a vital hub for contemporary art research and offers fresh insight into how Warhol's Italian sojourn influenced his later output, including his personal reinterpretation of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper."