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In the Darkness, Finding Rothko's Sense of Light
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”
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
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
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
PORTLAND, Oregon — Mark Rothko was born 113 years ago on September 25, 1903.
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The Obamas Give the White House a Modern Art Makeover
Since John Adams first took up residence there in 1800, the White House has been adorned with a relatively safe, traditional collection of art.
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Modernist Male Art Is Timeless, but Not Timely
PARIS — According to Sigmund Freud, a key that opens a room in a dream is unmistakably phallic.
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The Triumph of Revisionism: The Whitney’s American Century
With America Is Hard to See, the exhibition inaugurating its luminous new Renzo Piano building, the Whitney has reclaimed its role among the city’s museums as the engine of the new.
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In the Spotlight, Harvard’s Rothkos Don’t Shine
Cambridge, Mass. — There is a story that sometimes circulates through the art world claiming the reason some of Mark Rothko’s work has faded over time is because he bought his paint at Woolworth’s Department Store.
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The Art of Art Lawsuits
What has really riveted the attention of the art world in the last few seasons is the law.
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America’s Grand Gestures Reign Supreme Again in Basel
BASEL, Switzerland — Fifty-five years ago, the exhibition The New American Painting arrived at the Kunsthalle Basel. It was the first stop on a yearlong tour that touted the work of seventeen Abstract Expressionists before eight European countries — the first comprehensive exhibition to be sent to E
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Vandalized Rothko Could Take 18 Months to Restore
The damage caused by the Polish Yellowist Vladimir Umanets to Mark Rothko's painting "Black on Maroon" (1958) at the Tate in October could take up to 18 months to repair. The vandalism is, unfortunately, far worse than initially thought.