Over the past fifty years, Mark Rothko has become a monolithic figure in American culture, but where is our 21st century understanding of the noted abstract expressionist rooted? Three staff members from the National Gallery of Art, the largest public repository of Rothko’s work, Director of Education Lynn Russell, Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art Harry Cooper and Curator of Special Projects in Modern Art and Lead Author of the gallery’s Rothko catalogue Ruth Fine come together with actor Edward Gero to explore how Rothko has figured into the public imagination.
Join the conversation this Sunday, January 29th following the matinee performance of Red (approximately 3:30 p.m.) in the Kreeger Theater.
Interested in continuing the conversation with the National Gallery of Art?
Mark Rothko: Seagram Murals
Dec. 6, 2011-Aug. 15, 2012 | National Gallery of Art
In 1985 and 1986, the National Gallery of Art received the largest gift of works from the Mark Rothko Foundation, including several paintings deriving from the Seagram Mural project, a series of paintings Rothko created through the commission he received for New York’s Four Seasons restaurant. This special installation of three of these works is timed to coincide with Arena Stage’s Red, which dramatizes Rothko’s struggle with the commission.
Film Screening of “Rothko’s Rooms”
Feb. 22-23 at 12:30 p.m.| National Gallery of Art
This documentary tells the story behind the creation of the room designed for Rothko’s Seagram Murals in London’s Tate Mode rn. Rothko’s Rooms (2000, 45 min.) is filled with anecdotes about the artist culled from friends, family members and curators.
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