PAC Milano announces new scientific committee and 2018-2019 program

Milan's Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea (PAC) has appointed a new five-member Scientific Committee to guide its 2018-2019 programming. The committee includes Ferran Barenblit, director of MACBA Barcelona; Silvia Bignami, contemporary art history professor at the University of Milan; Emanuela De Cecco, contemporary art history professor at the University of Bolzano; conservator Iolanda Ratti; and Diego Sileo, former PAC curator. The program follows four research lines tied to Milan's cultural calendar. Spring exhibitions feature Teresa Margolles (2018) and Anna Maria Maiolino (2019), coinciding with miart and Salone del Mobile. Summer group shows explore Brazilian (2018, curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti) and Japanese (2019) contemporary art, continuing the Expo2015 legacy. Autumn solo shows for Italian artists born in the 1960s—Eva Marisaldi (2018) and Cesare Viel (2019)—will donate works to the Museo del Novecento. Winter exhibitions honor Italian architecture and design masters Enzo Mari (2018) and Ignazio and Jacopo Gardella (2019), linking their work to PAC's modernist building designed by Ignazio Gardella. PAC will also host annual study days, expand its first-floor project room for interdisciplinary projects, and support volunteer associations using art for social integration.