Mark Rothko’s Politics: How the Protest-Minded Artist Controlled How His Work Was Seen
The artist staunchly decried Stalinism, capitalist excess, and more.
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Houston’s Rothko Chapel Is a Transcendent Artwork—But the Path to Create It Was Long and Difficult
The structure is now one of the most important art spaces in Texas.
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The 10 Most Important Exhibitions at London’s Tate Modern
With the museum turning 20, look back on its history.
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Pace, Gagosian, Acquavella Beat Out Auction Houses to Sell Donald Marron’s Storied Collection
In a move led by Pace’s Marc Glimcher, three galleries have beat out the auction houses to sell works from the collection of Donald B. Marron, the prominent collector and financier who died in Decembe…
9 Storied MoMA Shows from the 1960s—and What ARTnews Said at the Time
See how critics responded to "The Responsive Eye," a self-destructing Jean Tinguely sculpture, and more.
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Rothko Chapel Receives $2 M. Grant for Renovation Capital Campaign
The capital campaign, titled 'Opening Spaces,' will fund the remodeling of the chapel's skylights, lighting design, and entryway.
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Aiming to Diversify Collection, SFMOMA Purchases 11 Works with Profits from $50 M. Rothko Sale
The institution has added pieces by Mickalene Thomas, Frank Bowling, Leonora Carrington, and other artists to its collection.
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Sotheby’s Will Offer 100-Plus Steinberg Collection Works, Including Two Rothkos, in New York in May
Other works hitting the block include examples by Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, and Agnes Martin.
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‘I Wish I Could Find Some Way to Tell You How I Feel About Jackson’: Mark Rothko Writes to Lee Krasner After the Death of Jackson Pollock
The letter is held by the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art.
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Aiming to Diversify Collection, SFMOMA to Sell Mark Rothko Painting at Sotheby’s New York in May
The piece is estimated to sell for between $35 million and $50 million.
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