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Mark Rothko’s Seagram murals: Tragedy, emotion, and the power of color

This episode explores Mark Rothko’s Seagram Murals, his rejection of commercial expectations, and the emotional force of ...
The Times Leader

Rothko mural defaced at London’s Tate Modern

(AP) London’s Tate Modern says a vandal has damaged a mural at the gallery by modern American master Mark Rothko. Tate says a visitor defaced the mural, one of Rothko’s Seagram series, “by applying a ...
Reuters

Rothko painting defaced at Tate Modern in London

LONDON (Reuters) - A man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of defacing a painting by the Russian-American artist Mark Rothko in London's Tate Modern museum. The 26-year-old was detained at about 9 p ...
Hyperallergic

Rothko Scholar Explains Importance of Vandalized Tate Rothko & Restoration Challenges

A view of the Tate Modern’s Rothko Room (image via dieuwkeswaindesigns.wordpress.com) David Anfam (via christies.com) Following the recent vandalism of a Mark Rothko painting at the Tate, we reached ...
Reuters

Vandalized Rothko painting rehung in London after pioneering restoration

LONDON (Reuters) - A Mark Rothko painting vandalized at London's Tate Modern gallery 18 months ago went back on public view on Tuesday after the first-ever effort to strip graffiti ink off a major ...