Elena Pontiggia teaches the History of Art at the Accademia di Brera and at the Politecnico di Milano. Her writings on contemporary art appear in various newspapers and magazines and she has contributed to a column in La Stampa since 2011. She takes a particular interest in Italian and international art between the wars and likes to explore the relationship between the modern and the classic, as well as the writings of famous artists, publishing important theoretical works, from Cézanne and the avant-garde artists to Pollock. Elena Pontiggia has been a member of the scientific committee of the Fondazione Stelline in Milan since 2001 and was formerly on the scientific committee of the Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan (until 1993) and a member of the Board of the Quadriennale di Roma (from 2002 to 2006).