Riot in the Galleria 1909

"Riot in the Galleria" (1909), by Umberto Boccioni, is a prime example of the artist's dynamic and expressive style. The painting, located in the Palazzo Brera in Milan, captures the chaotic energy of a crowd exiting a cafe, with figures seemingly bursting out of the frame. The bold use of color and fragmented forms, characteristic of Futurism, gives a sense of motion and dynamism to the scene, capturing the fast-paced, modern life of early 20th-century Italy. Boccioni, a key figure in the Futurist movement, aimed to express the raw power and energy of the modern world through his art.