Clima Gallery in Milan

Editorial Profile

Clima is a contemporary art gallery in Milan founded in 2016 by Francesco Lecci, with Clarissa Grechi joining as partner in 2021. A commercial gallery without an inherited historical roster, it has built its identity around younger Italian and international artists, working from Porta Venezia and, since 2023, from a second space within the same district. That orientation gives the gallery a distinct position within contemporary art in Milan, an ecosystem where long-established dealers, private foundations, and independent project spaces operate side by side at very different scales. Its represented artists — among them Dana Lok, Vijay Masharani, Marie Matusz, Justine Neuberger, Valerio Nicolai, Sacha Kanah, Andrew Ross, Jason Gomez, Nicola Martini, Matteo Nasini, and Kelsey Isaacs — point to a program attentive to painting, sculpture, installation, photography, video, and material experimentation rather than to a single medium or movement.

The gallery's exhibition rhythm combines solo presentations, curated group shows, and off-site projects, frequently developed with Italian and international curators. Recent and current exhibitions listed by the gallery — including Kenji Ide / Nicola Martini, Vijay Masharani's Sequin, Shadow, Zhang Shujian's symbiosis, Valerio Nicolai's curated group show Ventaglio, Matteo Nasini's True love will find you in the end, and Bri Williams's An arrow shot over the house that hits no one — reflect a focus on emerging and mid-career practices, with sustained attention to process, surface, narrative, and objecthood. Among galleries in Milan, Clima functions as a compact but internationally connected space: it belongs to MAC – Milano Art Community and the International Gallery Alliance, and its fair activity has included presentations such as Paris Internationale Milano and Frieze New York. Rather than scale, its profile rests on curatorial specificity and a consistent commitment to a younger generation of artists working across media.