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Department of Geography, History and History of Art


ANTICH VALERO, Xavier


Lecturer in History of Art
Director of the Master's Degree in Communication and Art Criticism of the University of Girona
Research interests: Contemporary aesthetics and art
Doctor of Philosophy, lecturer in the history of aesthetic ideas and Director of the Master's Degree in Communication and Art Criticism at the UdG. Currently Director of the Independent Studies Programme of the MACBA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona). His recent research has focused on the areas of contemporary aesthetics and art, with particular emphasis on the theories that have arisen since 1967 and the artistic practices of the last forty years. Some of his works have addressed various issues concerning musical asethetics.
Publications
  • Antich, X. (1990). Introducción a la metafísica de Aristóteles. El problema del objeto en la Filosofía primera. Barcelona: PPU
  • Antich, X. (1993). El rostre de l’altre. Passeig filosòfic per l’obra d’Emmanuel Lévinas. València: Eliseu Climent Editor (Winner of the Joan Fuster Essay Prize)
  • Antich, X. (2000). Antoni Tàpies. Certeses sentides. Cracòvia: Museu Nacional de Cracòvia / Institut Cervantes (pubished in Catalan, Spanish and Polish)
  • Antich, X. (2007). "Barcelona, 1917-1928. Del 391 al Manifest Groc", AAVV, Capitales del arte moderno. Madrid: Instituto de Cultura / Fundación Mapfre
  • Antich, X. (2007). "Ver para mirar. De la imagen-control a la imagen-deseo", AAVV, Cuerpo y mirada. Huellas del siglo XX. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Contact details
E-mail: xavier.antich@udg.edu  
Office: 2nd floor
Tel: 972 41 87 80

Courses taught
History of aesthetic ideas
Documentary Photography