Valérie Da Costa
is an art historian, art critic and curator specialized in Italian art of the second half of the 20th century, senior lecturer accredited to be research director in History of Contemporary Art (Université de Strasbourg) and author of several books and texts about (among others) Lucio Fontana, Pino Pascali, Fabio Mauri, Fausto Melotti, Ettore Spalletti, Piero Gilardi and Paul Thek.