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James Allan Curtis (September 30, 1946 – June 21, 2021), known professionally as Diego Cortez, was an American filmmaker and art curator closely associated with the no wave period in New York City. Cortez was the co-founder of the Mudd Club , and he curated the influential post-punk art show New York/New Wave , which brought the then aspiring ...
Jun 24, 2021 · Diego Cortez, an influential figure in New York City’s Downtown art and music scenes who in 1981 curated a massive exhibition featuring dozens of artists that brought the 20-year-old...
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Jun 21, 2021 · June 21, 2021 4:48pm. Laurie Anderson and Diego Cortez at a Kitchen benefit in 2013. Photo Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan/Sipa via AP. Diego Cortez, a curator who stood at the center of...
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Jun 22, 2021 · Home. News. DIEGO CORTEZ (1946–2021) By News Desk. June 22, 2021 5:54 pm. Diego Cortez in New York City, 1980. Photo: Marcia Resnick/Getty Images. Diego Cortez, the filmmaker and curator known for launching the career of Jean-Michel Basquiat, whom he met on a dance floor, has died.
Jul 28, 2023 · When Diego Cortez died in the summer of 2021, the art world choked up. An artist, curator, adviser, and co-founder of the legendary Mudd Club in Tribeca, he had been a ubiquitous presence in ...
Diego Cortez moved into the mainstream art world as the curator of this exhibition at the prestigious Marlborough Gallery. Pressure to Paint was one of the first attempts to bring together into a single exhibition an international lineup of painters who would soon be grouped as Neo-Expressionists.
Jul 3, 2021 · Diego Cortez is an influential figure in art and music in the heart of New York, who in 1981 curated a large-scale exhibition with dozens of artists that brought 20-year-old Jean-Michel Basquiat to public fame. He died in Burlington, North Carolina. He was 74 years old.
