Diego Cortez
Diego Cortez | |
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Diego Cortez in his Stanton Street apartment in 1977. Photo by George Schustowicz. Courtesy ABC No Rio Book Collection. | |
| Born | James Allan Curtis September 30, 1946 Geneva, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 21, 2021 (aged 74) |
| Education | Illinois State University (BA) School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MA) |
| Movement | No wave |
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 artist Jean-Michel Basquiat to fame.