The British singer has shied away from writing love songs in the past, but now she's written an album all about love. Here's ...
Born in 1897 in Staryi Kostiantyniv, Ben-Zion grew up in an observant Jewish home. His father, Hirsh Weinman, was a cantor ...
This year's sales arrive, as always, at something of an inflection point for the market.
“There is no such thing,” Mark Rothko once said, “as good painting about nothing.” Yet if there is a painter alive who appears to be painting nothing, it is Rothko. Line, subject, perspective—all are ...
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 ...
This story is published in cooperation with Willamette Week and Portland Art Museum. Portland isn’t exactly starving for creativity—locals can turn a street corner, a bike basket, or a coffee sleeve ...
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 ...
Until now, little has been heard from José Carlos Bergantiños Diaz, whom the authorities charged in connection with the sale of $80 million in phony works. By Graham Bowley The collectors had sought ...
An unidentified child in the Netherlands damaged a Mark Rothko after he reportedly “scratched it” at a Dutch museum. The Rothko painting was hanging in the museum’s depot as part of an exhibition ...