EXHIBITION EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 19, 2026
Gaze into these artworks for an enduring span, delve into their depths. The great danger, is that they may blind. They are so rich, so brilliant, that’s a bit like staring at the Sun with naked eyes.
Sylvain Bellenger
Napoli Explosion is an autobiographical work, an hymn that Naples sings to itself.
Salvatore Settis
For over 12 years, on New Year's Eve, my team and I ascend Mount Faito, a mountain overlooking the Bay of Naples, to capture the extraordinary choreography of lights and colors produced by fireworks all around Vesuvius. Over the years, the project has evolved into an experimentation of new forms of writing with light, using a unique color palette provided by the hundreds of thousands of fireworks exploding simultaneously. Over time, Napoli Explosion has become a work in search of the feeling of light.
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Napex Eyes
Napoli Explosion opens its spaces to the vision of international filmmakers and videomakers.
We invite image professionals to create their own video inside the Napoli Explosion exhibition, hosted at the Real Albergo dei Poveri, and publish it on Instagram tagging @napoliexplosion and @napexeyes.
Di Marino: Vesuvius, an Unstable Vision
In the nineteenth century, when photography was still in its infancy, many photographers turned to “Pictorialism” in order to overcome their inferiority complex vis-à-vis the visual artists, imitating the subjects and stylistic conventions of painting. In the early years of the twentieth century, once photography had been accepted as an art form...
Settis: Amura immortalizes Naples on New Year’s Eve
It took the convergence of an unparalleled location (Capodimonte collection), a director at the end of his tenure (Sylvain Bellenger), and the multi-year project of a true Neapolitan (Mario Amura) to launch "Napoli Explosion," an exhibition where photography, painting, and reportage merge and blend. On the edge of the Real Bosco...
Bellenger: Napoli Explosion at Museo di Capodimonte
Few cities in the world can be identified with a natural element. Naples is completely identified with Vesuvius. And there is no terrace, urban perspective, city window that does not seek a glimpse of Vesuvius. Naples is a kind of amphitheatre built around Vesuvius. But Vesuvius is...