Mark Rothko is known for his colorful abstract paintings of stacked rectangles with billowy borders and layered textures. His art has been auctioned for up to $186 million, but he once turned down a ...

Dominique and John de Menil founded the interfaith chapel in 1971 with the goal of offering a non-denominational place for peaceful contemplation. The chapel is shaped as an octagon and features 14 ...

Literally marked by a child’s hand, one of the Netherlands' most valuable paintings is now undergoing restoration after being accidentally damaged in a museum in Rotterdam. The work in question -- ...

Mark Rothko, No. 7, displayed as part of the The Macklowe Collection at a press preview for New York Marquee Evening Sales at Sotheby's in New York City on November 5, 2021. On Monday, the Museum ...

Dark-hued paintings by artist Mark Rothko are the focal point of the meditative space inside Houston’s Rothko Chapel. Grant funding from a national bank will help Houston's iconic Rothko Chapel ...

In the close confines of an intimate gallery space at the Museum of Fine Arts, two titans of 20th-century art engage in an imagined pas-de-deux: Mark Rothko, the American Abstract Expressionist master ...

The Rothko Chapel, a non-denominational devotional space in Houston, Texas, is home to fourteen dark canvases by Mark Rothko. Visitors come to the chapel for all sorts of reasons– from memorializing ...

There are few painters whose work invites contemplation more easily or with more immediate rewards than Mark Rothko, whose luminous canvases can have an almost spiritual effect on the open-minded ...