Learn how to read a Mark Rothko painting in 60 seconds—and why “just colored rectangles” make grown adults cry.

The differences between the works of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko can demonstrate how particles in Earth’s radiation belt ...

When the Rothko Room—which houses four of the Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko’s works in a snug, serene space—opened in 1960 at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, the artist’s wishes were ...

At the Cape Ann Museum, the overlooked connection between the three artists, forged during their shared summers in Gloucester ...

In 1960, Harvard University commissioned the artist Mark Rothko, famous for painting monumentally scaled blocks of intense color, to create a site-specific work for the university. Rothko signed on to ...

Mark Rothko at his 69th Street studio with Rothko Chapel artworks (© 1964 Hans Namuth; photo by Hans Namuth, courtesy the Estate of Mark Rothko) Mark Rothko's former apartment and studio in ...

Vandalized by a self-proclaim artist-activist in 2012, Mark Rothko‘s Black on Maroon (1958) is back on public view after an extensive restoration project that lasted 18 months. The painting belongs to ...

There’s something unintentionally perverse about the setup of “Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous,” the what-were-they-waiting-for “American Masters” entry on Mark Rothko. The opening scenes date to ...

So you've been to the Rothko Chapel but you don't get it. "Mark Rothko: A Retrospective" sheds brighter light on the Mozart of Abstract Expressionists. If the chapel is graduate level Rothko, this ...

This month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Mark Rothko: A Retrospective—the first comprehensive exhibition of the abstract expressionist’s work in the United States since 1998. Drawing ...

There’s so much going on in the world these days: political conflicts, natural disasters, cultural unrest. It can be hard to process. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, don’t feel bad. You’re definitely ...

In 1989, I was a conservation student at the Courtauld Institute in London. During a class on varnish removal, my professor, Gerry Hedley, demonstrated how shining blue light on a picture with ...