Mark Rothko

O'Keeffe As An Outsider

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Color Field, Georgia O'keeffe Southwest, Video, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Slideexpand, Mark Rothko, Female Artists, Painting, Paul Cezanne, Feminism, Faraway Georgia O'keeffe, Georgia O'Keeffe, Arts News

Georgia O'Keeffe referred to herself as an "outsider," and in many ways she was, being one of the first women to demand serious attention in a male-ce...

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Klein And Rothko Sell For Millions At Christie's

AP | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Yves Klein Christie's, Art Auctions, Yves Klein, Klein Fc1, Yves Klein Auction, Mark Rothko, Christie's, Rothko Christie's, Rothko Orange Red Yellow, Art-Auction-Ny, Mark Rothko Auction, Arts News

NEW YORK — An iconic painting by French artist Yves Klein created with water, a blowtorch and two models has sold at a New York City auction for...

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The Squabbling Over Theodoros Stamos Seems to Have No End

Daniel Grant | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Clement Greenberg, Theodoros-Stamos, Mark Rothko, Abstract Expressionism, Marlborough Gallery, Arts News

Many artists are forgotten after they die, and some before they die. Theodoros Stamos wasn't so lucky.

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Haiku Reviews

Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Michael Brewster, Peter Frank, Laurence Vittes, Arts News, Judy Chicago, Rosson Crow, Mark Rothko, Pacific Standard Time, George Heymont, Red, Haiku Reviews, Slidepollajax, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a monthly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditi...

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Berkeley Rep's Red: A Vivid Portrait of an Artist as an Anguished Genius

Leo Stutzin | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Red, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Mark Rothko, Berkeley Rep, Rothko Play, Red Berkeley Repertory Theater, San Francisco Theater, San Franciso Around Town, Mark Rothko Play, San Francisco Art, San Francisco News

Mark Rothko's biography provides the grist for high drama. He struggled with personal and artistic torments throughout his adult life before committing suicide at the age of 66. Red is the powerful exploration of the mind and methods of the artist.

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Portland Rothko Retrospective Brings Artist Home

Pam Grout | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: David Hume Kennerly, Mark Rothko, Hotel Lucia, Homage to Matisse, Portland Art Museum, Exhibitions, Art Travel, Art, Events, Travel Blogs, Travel News

I'm here not to gawk at Hotel Lucia's art, though I certainly did, but for the rare opportunity to take in a Mark Rothko retrospective at the Portland Art Museum.

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Painters' Table: Top 10 Best Posts: February 2012

Brett Baker | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Mark Rothko, Emily Nelligan, Richard Diebenkorn, Sangram Majumdar, Alan Gouk, Bill Jensen, Kurt Solmssen, Paintings, Painting, Arts News

The February painting blogosphere in a word: Thoughtful. No matter the subject, provisional painting, painters' paintings, or plein-air painting, the depth of thought devoted to the art of painting was uniquely evident.

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How Rothko Won Over Britain

MutualArt | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Abstract Expressionist, Abstract Art, Abstract Painting, Mark Rothko, Whitechapel Gallery, Mark Rothko Whitechapel, Rothko Paintings, Whitechapel Gallery Rothko, Arts News

Talk about making an impression: Mark Rothko's 1961 solo show at Whitechapel is still described as nothing short of electrifying. The gallery is now hosting an exhibit which pays homage to the artist and the show that stunned a nation.

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Painters' Table: Top 10 Best Posts, October 2011

Brett Baker | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Willem De Kooning, Clyfford Still Museum, David Reed, George Nick, Joan Brown, Terrell James, Mark Rothko, Anne Neely, Sharon Horvath, Clyfford Still, Patricia Satterlee, Julie Torres, Arts News

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Made in L.A.: This Artweek.LA (October 10-16, 2011)

Bill Bush | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Pearl C. Hsiung, Ukiyo-E, Ad Reinhardt, Lecia Dole-Recio, Manga, Christopher Knight, David Park, Graffiti, Edward Dugmore, Mark Rothko, Gajin Fujita, Gegam Kacherian, Elmer Bischoff, Clyfford Still, Arts News

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Through Art, The Value Of Water Expressed

Robin Madel | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Mark Rothko, Art Installation, Value of Water, Spirituality and Environment, Water., Green Faith, Religion News

In a special appearance, water flows through the Cathedral of St. John the Divine's The Value of Water: Sustaining a Green Planet exhibit, which runs until March 25, 2012.

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Rothko's 'Volcanic' Character Explored In Play 'Red'

Times | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Rothko Play, Rothko Life, Michael Grandage, Alfred Molina, Theater, Mark Rothko, Plays, Rothko, Red, New York, Biography, Performance, Arts News

The most astonishing sequence in "Red," John Logan's 2011 Tony Award-winning play about a tumultuous moment in the career of Mark Rothko, the master A...

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Art Basel Sells Nearly $2 Billion Worth Of Art

Bloomberg | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Art Basel 2011, Anish Kapoor, Maurizio Cattelan, Art Basel, Switzerland, Art Economy, Money, Economy, Mark Rothko, Larry Gagosian, Bridget Riley, Arts News

The year’s biggest test so far for contemporary art dealers, in Switzerland, ended with galleries saying that demand and prices have returned to 200...

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What's In a (Painting's) Name? Quite a Lot, Actually

Daniel Grant | Posted 08.06.2011

In 1871, James McNeill Whistler painted what would become his most famous work, which he titled "Arrangement in Grey and Black" and submitted the foll...

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Keith Jacobshagen: "A Golden Year"

John Seed | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Keith Jacobshagen, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Nebraska, Painting, Copper Art, Paintings, Landscapes, Nebraska Landscape, Landscape Painting, Georgia O'Keefe, Mark Rothko, A Golden Year, Arts News

"A Golden Year" certainly does much more than simply make sense of the landscape: it spiritualizes it.

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New Rothko Discovered

wsj.com | KELLY CROW | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: New York, Mark Rothko, Untitled #17, New Rothko, Christie's, Abstract Expressionism, Rothko, Painting, Art Auctions, Arts News

Mark Rothko, a master of Abstract Expressionism, is known to have created 835 paintings during the course of his five-decade career. Christie's claims...

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Great Masters vs. Six-Year-Old's Doodles

Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Jackson Pollock, Masterpiece, Mark Rothko, Psychology, Abstract Expressionism, Painting, Freddie Linsky, Genius, Psychological Science, Boston College, Art, Cy Twombley, Ellen Winner, Jack Pezanosky, Angelina Hawley-Dolan, Hans Hoffmann, Arts News

(Via Mutual Art) Before beginning to read this article, please look at the images above. Which was drawn by a child and which by a well-known Abstr...

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Your Child Could Not Have Painted That

Psychology Today | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: My Child Could Paint That, Cy Twombly, Art, Helen Frankenthaler, Franz Kline, Psychology Today, Sam Francis, Mark Rothko, Monkeys, Arts News

People occasionally look at paint splattered on a canvas in a gallery and say, "My child could have painted that." (Or, among eccentric pet-owners, "M...

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Love and Marriage, Artist Style

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Artists, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Ben Shahn, Arts News

Despite the real benefits for an artist of marrying (or living with) another artist, the identical careers -- regardless of how dissimilar their respective artwork may be -- create tensions for the two of them.

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ART OF WAR: Modern Art Used As Weapon By CIA During Cold War

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Willem De Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Art, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, The Independent, Harry Truman, Propoganda, Robert Motherwell, Abstract Expressionism, Mark Rothko, Soviet Union, Modern Art, Cold War, Arts News

For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern a...

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MOMA

Peter Clothier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arts, Mark Rothko, Moma, Abstract Expressionist New York, Art Reviews, Yoko Ono, New York, Arts News

For those who plan on seeing the exhibition Abstract Expressionist New York -- and I warmly suggest that you do, if you're anywhere within traveling ...

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There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Howardina Pindell, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Franz Kline, Business of Art, Clement Greenberg, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Clyfford Still, Arts News

Jealousy and envy are part of the art world, because of the uneven and sometimes unfair way that the art world hands out its favors.

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Pedigree and Promise in 50 Years At Pace

Dorothy Spears | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Rothko, Alberto Giacometti, Jasper Johns, Arne Glimcher, Pace Gallery, Willem De Kooning, Pablo Picasso, Lucas Samaras, Jean Dubuffet, Thomas Nozkowski, Arts News

By now the New York artworld has pretty much reduced the Dan Colen show at Larry Gagosian's 24th Street gallery in Chelsea to a cynical attempt to mar...

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Theater of the Every Day Epic

Lauren Gunderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Athol Fugard, Plays, Playwriting, Lynn Nottage, New Plays, Tony Awards, Theater, Mark Rothko, Lynn Nottage Ruined, Pulitzer Prize, 19th Amendment, Art, Satire, Drama, Theatre, Berkeley Rep, HIV/AIDS, Arts News

In a world where shocking corruption, violence, and injustice meet stunning generosity, future-making discovery, and a rebellious hope, we need a theater that gives us new ideas, not just a good time.

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Reunion -- "Abstract Expressionist New York" Opens @ MoMA

Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Lowry, David Smith, Jackson Pollock, Abstract Expressionists, Irving Sandler, Moma, Mark Rothko, Jerry Saltz, Roberta Smith, Abex, Abstract Expressionist New York, New York Art Exhibits, New York Museums, New York Art, New York Openings, Arts News

Abstract Expressionism redirected the course of art history to an extent unequalled since the Impressionists gathered in Paris in the 1860's.

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