The MOCA Makeover Nov 20, 2009
For example, the first room in the Grand Avenue space houses vastly different works by three abstract artists from the 1950s and 60s, including geometric paintings by American Mark Rothko and two surreal, elongated female bronze figures by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, dated 1960. Other parts of the exhibit showcases more surprising groupings. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Irving Kriesberg, painter of dreamlike landscapes; 90 Nov 20, 2009
The exhibition also included abstract expressionists Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Clyfford Still. Mr. Kriesberg was given his first solo exhibition in 1955, at the Curt Valentin Gallery in Manhattan. (Boston Globe)
What will happen to the reputation of Hyman Bloom, one of Boston’s most celebrated artists? Oct 11, 2009
The artist as a young man Hyman Bloom s life was too idiosyncratic to be called emblematic, but it bore striking resemblances to those of Mark Rothko and Arshile Gorky, artists who also came to the United States from Eastern Europe and Russia. Bloom was born in 1913 in Brunoviski, a village in Latvia. (Boston Globe)
A diluted president with pure taste in art Oct 9, 2009
Like many, I'm disappointed that Mr. Obama isn't more aggressive about pursuing the agenda that got him elected, but I'm ecstatic that he and the first lady are confident enough in their own aesthetic tastes that they resisted the temptation to pick popular Americana like Norman Rockwell over meditative abstractions by Mark Rothko and Jasper Johns. The Obamas have also moved the self-consciously naive art of William H. Johnson to center stage. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Abstract modern - White House hang reveals Obamas' tastes Oct 8, 2009
New pieces by contemporary African-American and Native American artists are on display, as well as established artists such as Mark Rothko. The works add to the extensive permanent White House art collection. (BBC News -- Americas)
Paintings at the White House Oct 8, 2009
Abstract artists like Mark Rothko, and Josef Albers, and conceptual stars like Edward Corbett and Jasper Johns also made the White House grade. From across the Atlantic, in addition to the Degas, there are a still life by Italian painter Giorgio Morandi and a depiction of Nice by Nicolas de Stael. (India Times, India)
Perfectly urban modern condo Oct 2, 2009
A colorful striped rug greets you, and a bright Mark Rothko print hangs across from a marble-topped entry table that dates to the mid-1800s. "Everything goes together as long as it's kind of classic," said Hart, who has filled her home with an eclectic mix of Midcentury Modern-inspired furniture and classic art prints with a smattering of knickknacks and family heirlooms. (AZCentral -- Home)
Art.view: Ars domestica Aug 16, 2009
Yet he took some risks, favouring and occasionally befriending artists such as Arthur Dove, Pierre Bonnard, Jacob Lawrence and Mark Rothko, all of whom are particularly well-represented here. Phillips often corresponded with artists he supported, and occasionally offered stipends. (The Economist)
Phillips Collection Annual Gala Unites Washington's Notables in Support of Arts Education May 17, 2009
The Phillips Collection offers an intimate encounter with one of the finest collections of impressionist and modern American and European art, with works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Claude Monet, Honore Daumier, Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Jacob Lawrence, and Richard Diebenkorn, among others. The Phillips Collection, America's first museum of modern art, has an active... (PR Newswire)
Suits seek asset freeze Apr 10, 2009
Merkin's 18-room duplex at 740 Park Avenue is reportedly furnished with at least $91 million worth of paintings by the abstract expressionist Mark Rothko. The co-op was the subject of a book by society author Michael Gross that dubbed it "the world's richest apartment building.". (Albany Times Union)
'Syntax' emphasizes photography, technology, and new ways of seeing Apr 3, 2009
It could be a version of "Pong," the '70s video game, as designed by Mark Rothko. For her series "Go ogle" (take a moment to savor that title), Meggan Gould downloaded a series of images that are composites from Google searches. (Boston Globe)
Time for a heart to art Mar 28, 2009
The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. Gabriella CoslovichMarch 28, 2009. (The Age, Australia)
Gerhard Richter. Abstract Paintings Mar 3, 2009
Abstraction was considered to be the most appropriate means of artistic self-expression and the aspired-to 'pure' representation of representational techniques developed into subjectivism and high pathos for artists such as Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. Post-war artists, however, had experienced the collapse of a civilization; they made use of abstraction's vocabulary in order to paint themselves free of their despair in their age's circumstances. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Landscape painting shaped the direction of art for a century, then all but vanished. What happened? Mar 1, 2009
The great abstract painters of the mid-20th century - the so-called New York School, which included Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Jackson Pollock - were all heirs to the genre who, in a certain sense, helped push it to its breaking point. Gorky and Rothko are known for their emphatically non-representational paintings, but their art evolved within the landscape tradition, so even their late work, which initially appears totally abstract, eventually reveals important vestiges... (Boston Globe)
PAPER: Photographer Annie Leibovitz pawns life's work for loan to pay her mortgage... Feb 26, 2009
The company has recently taken in - and put into secure and climate-controlled specialist art warehouses for safekeeping - pieces by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Henry Moore and Picasso. Clients have also borrowed against vintage film posters, antique teddy bears and valuable scientific instruments. (The Drudge Report)
Photographer Leibovitz pawns rights to her life's work Feb 26, 2009
Among artworks recently been taken in by the company are pieces by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Henry Moore and even Picasso. Cash-strapped clients have borrowed against vintage film posters, antique teddy bears and valuable scientific instruments. (The Age, Australia -- National)
Leibovitz pawns life's work in a scramble for cash Feb 25, 2009
Among the art works that have recently been taken in by the company, and put into secure and climate- controlled specialist art warehouses for safekeeping, are pieces by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Henry Moore and even Picasso. Cash-strapped clients have borrowed money against vintage film posters, antique teddy bears and valuable scientific instruments. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
New look for CT icon Feb 25, 2009
The quality of natural light in the lobby and the plaza has brought art exhibitions by Henry Moore, Jean Dubuffet, Mir and Mark Rothko among others. Digg | | | | | | Copyright 2002-2009 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
Public invited to hear Pakay discuss his work Feb 19, 2009
There s a photo of abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, taken a year before he committed suicide; he was a very depressed, dark man, Pakay said. Another subject, Walker Evans, was still not as famous as he later became. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Art.view: Shock and the new Feb 15, 2009
In 1968, a year after he finished his legendary series of black murals for his eponymous chapel at the Menil Collection in Houston and just a few months after suffering an aneurysm that nearly killed him, Mark Rothko turned to painting smaller pictures in acrylic on paper laid down on canvas. Green, Blue, Green on Blue (pictured above) is one of these; examined from a distance of 40 years, it is clear the old spark was gone. (The Economist)
