Lourdes Cirlot Valenzuela is a researcher at the University of Barcelona, whose work explores various aspects of 20th- and 21st-century art. She has published several books on avant-garde art movements, as well as many papers for specialist journals and contemporary art anthologies.

Her interests in art history encompass a wide range of ages and subjects, with a primary focus on 20th- and 21st-century art. Her 20th-century research centers on Catalan art, Spanish art, and international avant-garde movements such as Dadaism, surrealism, abstract art, and pop art.

In 1999, after setting up the Art, Architecture and Digital Society research group, she began to focus on the subject of new media and digital technologies from a multidisciplinary perspective, exploring their effect on contemporary society and culture. Within this field, she has conducted research at the University of Barcelona’s Virtual Museum and helped organize international conferences and seminars on the subject.