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And Another Thing About the Hirhhorn Visit January 27, 2008 DeKooning Gorky I have remarked before that the Hirschhorn curators do a really good job of staying in touch with what the museum owns in its permanent collection and displaying and re-arranging it in the public spaces in ways that illuminate and enlighten. They currently have a roomful of DeKoonings (the Hirshhorn owns an unparalleled collection of DeKoonings since old man H was a big time patron of DeK) hanging just one room removed from a roomful of  Arhsile Gorkys. DeK Gorky While I knew that Gorky was an influence on DeKooning, I really did not grasp just how important an influence until I viewed their respective art in this proximity. See what I mean?   < Prev   Next >