Professor of Aesthetics and Theory of the Arts of the Autonomous University of Madrid. Director of the magazine “Cuadernos del IVAM”. Columnist of "Discover the art". Member of the Board of Trustees of the Reina Sofía National Museum of Art. He has curated numerous exhibitions, including the Triennial of Chile, the Curitiba Biennial or the Chilean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. He has written books such as “Praise of laziness. Notes for an aesthetics of fatigue ”,“ The intimate text. Kafka, Rilke, Pessoa ”,“ Nostalgias del rapper and other texts against the culture of the show ”,“ Skirmishes. Art at the time of demolition, "" Cabinets and other challenges of contemporary art, "" A public "truth." Considerations on contemporary art ”,“ Fasten Seat Belt. Field notebook of an art critic ”,“ Pablo Picasso. The king of brothels ”or“ Joan Miró. The killer of the painting ”.