Xavier Antich

Xavier Antich is a philosopher, professor of Aesthetic Ideas at the University of Girona, where he also directs the Master in Communication and Criticism. He has been director of the Independent Studies Program at MACBA, and is the current president of the Board of Trustees of the Tàpies Foundation. His most recent research focuses on the fields of aesthetics and contemporary art, with special attention to the theories that emerged in the post-1967 framework and to the artistic practices of the last forty years. Some of his works have focused on different issues of musical aesthetics. He is the author, among others, of the books El rostre de l'altre. Passeig filosòfic per l'obra d'Emmanuel Lévinas (Eliseu Climent Editor, 1993) and Antoni Tàpies. Certeses sentides (National Museum of Krakow and Instituto Cervantes, 2000), and editor of the volume Antoni Tàpies. En blanc i negre. Assaigs 1955-2003 (Galàxia Gutenberg-Círculo de Lectores, 2008). In addition, the CCCB published his short essay La ciutat del dissens. Espai comú i pluralitat. (CCCB, 2013). His latest books are the compendium of articles La voluntat de comprendre (Arcadia, 2016) and the essay Revelacions. Dos assaigs sobre fotografia (Arcàdia i Gg, 2019), written together with the photographer Joan Fontcuberta.