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Cortez continued to work as an art agent and curator, working with
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In the late 1970s, the avant-garde music and art movement called
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to fame by attracting the attention of art dealers such as
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227:and later with designer and performance artist
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16:American filmmaker and art curator (1946–2021)
1006:School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni
926:. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2003.
455:. A tribute to Diego Cortez was published in
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931:Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-punk 1978–84
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919:. New York: Collaborative Projects, 1985
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