Stadia I is a monumental abstract painting by Julie Mehretu created in 2004 and held in the collection of SFMOMA. The work layers dense networks of gestural marks, architectural diagrams, geometric forms, and explosive linear energies across a vast canvas, evoking the charged atmosphere of stadiums, coliseums, and amphitheaters as metaphoric constructed spaces. Mehretu has cited Kandinsky's concept of the Great Utopia as a touchstone, framing these civic arenas as sites of inevitable implosion and explosion born from collective human agency. This painting stands as one of the defining works in Mehretu's practice and a landmark of early 21st century abstraction.