Elena Pontiggia (22 July 1955) is an Italian art critic, art historian and curator based in Milan.
Biography Born in Milan, the only daughter of poet Giampiero Neri, Elena Pontiggia graduated in philosophy at the University of Milan with a thesis on Nietzsche's aesthetics. From 1987 to 1993 she served on the scientific committee of the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea (PAC) in Milan. Since 2001 she has been a member of the scientific committee of Fondazione Stelline and in January 2022 she was appointed president of the Kuratorium, the scientific committee of the Volker e Aurora Feierabend Stiftung in Frankfurthttps://fondazione-vaf.it/en/news/autumn-2025-the-third-volume-of-the-series-artists-of-the-rediscovered-20th-century-edited-by-elena-pontiggia-is-now-out/.
Pontiggia is a Professor of art history at the Brera Academy and the Polytechnic University of Milan. She has written for various newspapers and magazines and since 2011 she is a regular contributor to La Stampa. Among the prizes she won it is included the "Golden Valentine's Day" for the History of Art in 1996, the "Carducci prize" for Modernity and Classicism in 2009 and the Prize "Casinò di Sanremo-Antonio Semeria".
Selected Publications Edward Hopper: Scritti, interviste, testimonianze, Abscondita, Milan, 2000. 978-8884160010 La grande Quadriennale. 1935: la svolta dell'arte italiana (with Carlo Fabrizio Carli), Electa, Milan, 2006. 978-8837046491 Mimmo Rotella: Multiple Decollages, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2006. 978-8882158651 A Loving Hunt: Italian Interbellum Art in the Iannaccone Collection (with Claudia Gian Ferrari), Skira, Milan, 2010. 978-8857203829 Italo Valenti, Pagine d'Arte, Milan, 2012. 978-8896529065 Mario Sironi: La grandezza dell'arte, le tragedie della storia, Johan & Levi, Milan, 2015. 978-8860102232 Christian Schad, Abscondita, Milan, 2015. 978-8884165114 Arturo Martini: La vita in figure, Johan & Levi, Milan, 2015. 978-8860102331 Edward Hopper, Skira, Milan, 2018. 978-8857232232 Maria Lai: Art and Connection, Ilisso, Nuoro, Italy, 2018. 978-8862023573 Aubrey Beardsley, Abscondita, Milan, 2018. 978-8884167446 Giorgio De Chirico: Gli anni Quaranta, La Nave di Teseo, Milan, 2021. 978-8834609033 Storia del Novecento Italiano: 1920-1932, Umberto Allemandi, Turin, 2022. 978-8842225331 Maria Lai: Holding the Shadow by the Hand, Five Continents Editions, Paris, 2024. 979-1254600849
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External links Elena Pontiggia on Artribune