While studying at the Complutense University of Madrid he was taught by the former director of the Museo del Prado, Alfonso Pérez Sánchez.

[3] During that time, Salort-Pons helped Yale professors identify an early Velázquez work depicting the education of the Virgin Mary.

[6] Later promoted to be the associate curator in 2011, Salort Pons embarked on a number of exhibition projects including "Fakes, Forgeries and Mysteries" (2011).

[7] As the head of the European Art department at the DIA, Salort-Pons was the in-house curator for the traveling Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus exhibition.

During Salort-Pons time as director, a number of non-traditional exhibitions and programs have been scheduled at the DIA and there has been an increased focus on collecting art by African American artists.

[16] In a public ceremony at the DIA on August 11, 2017, Salort-Pons was naturalized as an American citizen after 13 years of living in the United States.

The final goal of this project is to create a cohesive look and programming for the cultural district in midtown Detroit, with the DIA at the center of it.

[18] In March 2020, Salort-Pons led the DIA during their successful bid for an early millage renewal in Oakland, Wayne, and Macomb counties.

When asked why the DIA planned on renewing the millage early, as opposed to in 2022 when it expired, Salort-Pons stated: "I think we earned the right to go back to the voters.