Silvia Bignami is Associate Professor of the History of Contemporary Art at the University of Milan. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of PAC and coordinator of the Research projects of Cittadella degli Archivi di Milano. Her interests include the art market in Milan between the First and Second World Wars, the artistic debates recorded in reviews of the 1930s, and the work and writings of Lucio Fontana in the 1950s and 60s. She recently published “‘The chameleon Acconci’ e una copertina camouflage,” in L’uomo nero (nos. 14–15, 2018), and “Lo Stile. La Verve di Gio Ponti,” in Gio Ponti. Archi-designer (Cinisello Balsamo, Milan: Silvana Editoriale; New York, New York: Artbook/D.A.P; Vicenza, Italy: Graphicom, 2018).
