Opening Thursday 25 September, 6 to 9 pm XAVIER HUFKENS www.xavierhufkens.com Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His paintings strive towards direct expression by focusing on the act of painting itself. His canvases stand on the border between deliberate composition and free gesture. De Kooning is well known for paintings of the female figure that transcend traditional figurative and abstract categories and break up conventional aesthetic frames of reference by maximizing the expressive {...}