The Art Detective is a weekly column by Katya Kazakina for Artnet News Pro that lifts the curtain on what’s really going on in the art market. As Frieze London greeted well-heeled VIPs in Regent’s ...

It’s one of those little quotes that seem to follow the paintings of Mark Rothko wherever they go. Curators love to hang it on the wall like a skeleton key — promising entrance to the paintings beyond ...

Similarly to how Red celebrates the thoughts and work of renowned painter Mark Rothko, Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous from American Masters tells the story of the art world giant whose signature ...

On a rainy New York evening in May of 2012, Mark Rothko's painting Orange, Red, Yellow went up for auction at Christie's. As bidding began, it became clear this was no ordinary auction. Barrett White, ...

Mark Rothko, “Self-Portrait” (1936), © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/Bildrecht Wien, 2019 (all images via khm.at) VIENNA — Mark Rothko is ...

Sotheby’s has announced one of its heavyweight lots for the fall auction season in New York: Mark Rothko’s 1953 painting Blue Over Red. The picture, which has been in the same private collection since ...

You may not be able to pay $186 million for a Mark Rothko masterpiece like Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev once did. But you can buy Rothko’s New York studio — where he created his paintings for ...

He designed innovative houses and sculptures, but his most visible role in New York City’s cultural life was as an accidental restaurateur, running the venerable Fanelli Cafe. By Will Heinrich He ...

Back in 1958, when Mark Rothko was commissioned to do a series of murals for The Four Seasons restaurant in New York — a place he believed was "where the richest bastards in New York will come to feed ...

Fra Angelico’s work is not merely artistically significant. It is a spiritual experience. By Cody Delistraty In Portland, as in other cities and towns across America, art institutions have sought ...