Kurimanzutto has appointed Corinna Durland as senior director of its New York gallery, the Mexico City–founded gallery announced Tuesday.
Based in New York, Durland will lead the space in close collaboration with the gallery’s founders and partners, with a mandate to strengthen its program in the United States while deepening its international reach. The move comes as kurimanzutto continues to expand its presence in the city, where it first opened a project space in 2018 before establishing a permanent location on West 20th Street in 2022.
In a statement, Durland said she was “thrilled to be joining kurimanzutto at such an important moment in the gallery’s evolution and within the broader cultural landscape,” adding that the gallery’s “integrity, vision, and artist-centered ethos” position it to meet the current moment. She said she looks forward to contributing her experience and relationships to the gallery’s next chapter.
Durland brings more than two decades of experience working with artists, estates, collectors, and institutions. Most recently, she served as senior director at Schwartzman&, and before that was vice president and director of advisory at Art Agency, Partners, where she advised artists and estates on long-term planning and guided collectors on acquisitions and strategy. She also led public art initiatives internationally.
Earlier in her career, Durland spent more than ten years as senior director at Gavin Brown’s enterprise in New York, working closely with artists and helping shape their careers. She has also worked independently as an artist manager and began her career at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
José Kuri, a co-founder of kurimanzutto, told ARTnews the decision to hire now reflects the gallery’s long-term outlook. “We are extremely excited in working with Corinna,” Kuri said. “What we most value is relationships with artists, working tightly together with them is primary to what we do and Corinna has proven to be that kind of professional.”
Kuri pointed to her experience across public art, institutions, collectors, and artist estates as key strengths. The two have known each other for more than two decades, he said, and he has long admired her “vision, own voice and working ethics.”
“As we delve deeper in NY we also needed someone with an innate understanding and love of the NYC ecosystem,” Kuri added. “No moment better than now, to invest in and relate with great people.”
Founded in Mexico City, kurimanzutto has positioned its New York space as a parallel site of activity rather than a satellite, maintaining an ongoing dialogue with its origins. Under Durland’s leadership, the gallery said it plans to advance ambitious projects, deepen institutional engagement, and continue supporting artists working across borders at a time of renewed cultural conversation between Mexico and the United States.
