Barcelona, 1957.
Doctor of History of Art by the University of Barcelona (1986).
Professor of the Department of Art of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1982-1985 and 1987-1988).
Director of the Museu de les Arts Gràfiques de Barcelona (1986-1995).
Director of the Museu Frederic Marès de Barcelona (since January 1995).
Vice-president of the Catalan Association of Art Critics (1991-2001).
Full member of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi since the 20th of November 1996. She read her admission speech (“De l’Acadèmia i de l’Art”) on the 17th of December 1997. Academic librarian (1998-2014). Director of the Butlletí (Bulletin) (2004-2012).
Full member of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres of Barcelona since the 8th of November 2007. She read her admission speech («Els capdevanters del salvament, cura i estudi del patrimoni cultural de Catalunya: els “doblement acadèmics” de Bones Lletres i Belles Arts») the 12th of March 2009.
Member of the Board of the Museu de l’Empordà (since spring 1999).
Member of the Board of the Museu d’Arenys de Mar (since February 2000).
1988 Fundació Guell Award.
Curator of numerous exhibitions in Catalunya, Spain and France (Barcelona, Sabadell, Arenys de Mar, Terrassa, Vic, Girona, Lleida, Alacant, València, Novelda, Castellón, Madrid, Paris…).
Participation in different national and international art and museography congresses and workshops.
Member of plastic arts contests as well as contests related to the cultural heritage world, and doctoral thesis of different Spanish universities.
Author of more than twenty books, among which are “Eudald Pradell i la tipografia espanyola del segle XVIII” (1989); “El llibre com a obra d’art a la Catalunya vuitcentista. 1850-1910” (1989); “Xilografies de Josep Obiols” (1990), “Aproximació a l’obra gràfica de Subirachs” (1993); “J. Fín (1916-1969)” (1999); “Joies Masriera. 200 anys d’història” (1999); “Catàleg del Museu de Llotja. Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. II Escultura i medalles” (2001); “Lluís Masriera” (2002); “L’exaltació del llibre al vuitcents. Art, Indústria i consum a Barcelona” (ed) (2008) and numerous articles in specialised magazines, and of art critics in newspapers and magazines.
She has collaborated in different collective editions such as “Introducción a la historia del arte” (Barcanova, Barcelona, 1989); “Historia ilustrada del libro español” (Fundación G. Sánchez Ruipérez, Madrid, 1996); “El llibre d’Or de l’art català” (El Periódico, Barcelona, 1997); “Arts decoratives, industrials i aplicades, Art de Catalunya, Ars Cataloniae”. Volum II. (L’Isard, Barcelona, 2000); “El Modernisme” (L’Isard, Barcelona 2002); “Historia de la edición y de la lectura en España 1472-1914” (Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, Madrid, 2003); “Dos segles de disseny a Catalunya (1775-1975)” (coord.) (Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, 2004).
She has an interest mainly for graphic arts, decorative and industrial arts of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century, field of her research which she combines with the study of the collections belonging to the Museu Frederic Marès, and her museography management, from where she manages and/or participates in research works in collaboration with the University of Barcelona and the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
She has also participated in numerous catalogues for exhibitions and permanent collections of different museums and cultural centres of Catalunya and Spain (Museu Picasso of Barcelona, Museu Comarcal de Solsona, Biblioteca-Museu Víctor Balaguer of Vilanova i la Geltrú , Museu National d’Art de Catalunya, Museu d’Art de Sabadell, Museo de Belas Artes da Coruña, Casa Museo Modernista of Novelda, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam, Museum of Modern Art of New York, etc.)
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