We are honored to welcome Carles Guerra to lecture the seminar “From Museums to Biennales and Back” in the Culture Studies program at FCH-UCP in the fall semester 2026-2027.
Carles Guerra (Amposta, 1965) is an independent researcher and curator based in Barcelona. He holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and is Associate Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Guerra has curated the Spanish Pavilion, Los Restos by Oriol Vilanova, at the Venice Biennale in 2026, served as Director of the Primavera Fotogràfica de Catalunya (2004), as well as Director of La Virreina Centre de la Imatge (2009–2011), Chief Curator at MACBA (2011–2013), and Executive Director of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies (2015–2020). Since 2023, he has been Artistic Director of the Museu de l’Art Prohibit in Barcelona. His curatorial projects include exhibitions dedicated to Francesc Tosquelles, Art & Language, Perejaume, Antoni Tàpies, Allan Sekula, Susan Meiselas, Harun Farocki, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay and many others. In 2023, he was appointed Inaugural Visiting Professor in Catalan Studies at New York University and the Institut Ramon Llull.
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