Diana Kurz: Hidden in Plain Sight
Opening at Lincoln Glenn Gallery, Diana Kurz: Hidden in Plain Sight presents a remarkable group of intimate-scale abstract paintings by Austrian-born artist Diana Kurz. Created during the early 1960s and recently rediscovered in the artist’s SoHo loft, these previously unseen works offer a glimpse into one of the most
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overlooked periods of Kurz’s long career. Executed in oil, with several works incorporating collage elements, the paintings reveal Kurz’s engagement with color, structure, gesture, and surface during a pivotal moment in New York’s postwar art scene. Drawing on her formative instruction from Hans Hofmann and his celebrated “push-pull” theory, the works explore the dynamic relationship between color and space, creating spatial tensions and a remarkable sense of movement despite their intimate scale.