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Mark Rothko

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Rothko Chapel Will Reopen in June

by Sarah Rose Sharp February 11, 2020

The Houston chapel, which features 14 works by painter Mark Rothko, has been closed since March of last year for renovations and to expand its campus.

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A Hollywood Executive Sues Dealer for $10M Over Alleged Mark Rothko Forgery

Avatar photo by Kate Gill October 21, 2019October 21, 2019

Ron Meyer bought the work for $900,000 in 2001 from Susan Seidel. It hung in his home for nearly two decades, when he began to suspect the work was a fake.

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Excavating Mark Rothko’s Theatrical Foundations

by David Carrier June 22, 2019July 12, 2019

The paintings Rothko made before 1948 are considered minor, but an exhibition in Vienna claims that they are essential to understanding the artist’s mature works.

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The Horrors and Delights of the Surrealist Subconscious

by Dany Chan March 7, 2019March 18, 2019

Two exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art revel in the unique strangeness of one’s mind.

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Can This System Hold the “Keys” to Modern Art?

Avatar photoby Angelica FreyMarch 5, 2019September 16, 2020

Simon Morley’s new book presents a seven-tiered analytical framework that aims to make even the most inscrutable works of modern art accessible.

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The Met’s Wrong Turn on Revisionism

by David Carrier January 12, 2019January 10, 2019

When an exhibition is as puzzling as this one, it’s useful to step aside and reflect.

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Paintings that Praise the Paradises of Bohemia

by Patrick Neal May 12, 2017

Thomas Trosch’s paintings at Fredericks & Freiser Gallery recall idyllic settings from movie musicals.

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In the Darkness, Finding Rothko’s Sense of Light

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan December 26, 2016December 23, 2016

The confidence, for Rothko, is revealed through his insistence on the presence of the light, even though it may appear absent at the outset.

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“Neither Flesh nor Fleshless”

by John Yau December 4, 2016December 2, 2016

What’s great about Rothko’s paintings is their refutation of language, the way they push back against conclusions.

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An Ambitious Survey of the Titans of Abstract Expressionism

by Jason Andrew November 4, 2016November 6, 2016

This expansive AbEx show is brash, irreverent, and unconstrained, just like the period it aims to express.

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Portland Art Museum Gets a New Rothko Pavilion, and Loans of His Work to Go with It

by Jillian Steinhauer October 6, 2016October 7, 2016

The institution announced an expansion project named after one of the most famous postwar American artists: Mark Rothko.

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When Mark Rothko and Clark Gable Shared a Stage

by Sarah Bay Gachot September 26, 2016July 10, 2018

PORTLAND, Oregon — Mark Rothko was born 113 years ago on September 25, 1903.

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