Elena Pontiggia (22 July 1955) is an Italian art critic and professor at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera.
Born in Milan, only daughter of Giampiero Neri, Elena Pontiggia graduated in philosophy at the University of Milan with a thesis on Nietzsche's aesthetics.
[1] She teaches "art history" at the Brera Academy and at the "Politecnico di Milano" of Milan.
She collaborates for various newspapers and magazines.
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".