"[7] The Guardian also published an editorial praising his work and concluding that his "curiosity, wit, rigour and passion make him a model for future directors of Tate Modern.
"[8] Some of the major exhibitions he organised at Tate Modern were devoted to Wassily Kandinsky (2006);[9] Josef Albers and László Moholy-Nagy (2006);[10] Salvador Dalí (2007);[11] Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia (2008);[12] Alexander Rodchenko and Liubov Popova (2009);[13] and Theo Van Doesburg (2010).
[22] He is also a trustee of the Fundació Per Amor a l'Art, which began to build a contemporary art collection in 2010 under his direction[3] and opened the Bombas Gens Centre d'Art in Valencia in 2017.
[24] Some of the awards and accolades he has received in recognition of his achievements include the appointed as Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), the badge of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (Portugal), and an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Valencia (Spain).
[25][26] He decided to create the foundation during a trip to Perpignan with Ferràn Adria, a world-famous chef and a friend of his,[27] where they visited a private collection of 80 varieties of citrus grown in pots.