is the chair of the History of Contemporary Art Department and head of the doctoral school of the History of Fine Arts and Drama at Florence University. Her field of research is mainly focused on the French first avant-garde and related criticism, from impressionism to cubism, with a special interest in connections with archaic and tribal arts. Recent studies are centered on Italian art, from the metaphysical art of Giorgio de Chirico to Arte Povera, focusing on Alighiero Boetti and Germano Celant’s criticism.