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With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable.
Thomas Hoving
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Thomas Hoving
Age: 78 †
Born: 1931
Born: January 15
Died: 2009
Died: December 10
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New York City
New York
Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving
Thomas P. F. Hoving
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