On October 1, 2018, Xesqui Castañer López, Associate Professor of the Art History Department of the Universitat de València since 2003, passed away. In this institution he taught and researched during the last fifteen years with classes in the Degree in History of Art, Degree in History and in the Master’s Degree in History of Art and Visual Culture (UV-UJI). He was a specialist in gender studies in art, history of contemporary art and last art, as well as in different aspects of the artistic heritage of the Basque Country.

Between 2012 and 2017 she assumed the position of director of the official Master's Degree in History of Art and Visual Culture (UV-UJI) and was a member of the Departmental Permanent Board. In 2016 it obtained the accreditation of the ANECA to the figure of University Professor, although it could not activate the corresponding promotion. She has directed and directed several doctoral theses on contemporary issues, such as the first thesis on graffiti in Valencia, defended in 2015.

Although already diminished in his physical faculties, until the last days he was offering his help to the Department, immersed in the process of renewal of the accreditation by the AVAP (Agencia Valenciana de Evaluación y Prospectiva) of the Master that he had directed during 5 years.

Rest in peace.