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Puzzled by Mark Rothko's captivating color field paintings? Look to the Renaissance masters who inspired him

When Mark Rothko traveled to Florence in 1950, he had a lot on his mind. His mother had recently died, and his wife, Mell, ...
BroadwayWorld

ROTHKO: PICTURES MUST BE MIRACULOUS Tells the Story of the Leading 20th-century Artist Best Known for Color Field Paintings

1 Exclusive: How Did the Tony Awards Opening Number Come Together? Over a career spanning five decades, Rothko developed his signature style: large, abstract color fields with luminous rectangular ...
The Guardian

Let’s dress like a Mark Rothko! How gen Z fell for the king of colour field paintings

Why is the artist’s work racking up hundreds of thousands of views on social media? For a generation bombarbed with visual stimuli, it seems his canvases offer a meditative escape The works of Mark ...
Fast Company

Get your next weather report from a Rothko painting

Sometimes a quick glance at the weather app is not enough to decipher what truly awaits outside the comfort of indoors. But now, a project is using an unexpected tool to tell users what the weather ...
Miami New Times

NSU Art Museum Changes the Conversation on Color-Field Painting

At NSU Art Museum’s ambitious new show on color-field painting, there is one significant omission that lovers of modern art won’t be able to miss. Mark Rothko, whose color-block canvases made him one ...
The Washington Post

The dramatic change between Mark Rothko’s early and late works

Visitors who stroll through the National Gallery of Art’s “Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper” in the proper chronological order will eventually arrive at a chapel-like gallery. It’s lined with oil ...