Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mark Rothko’s celebrated paintings use variations of color, tone, and transparency to create atmospheric spaces of ambiguous depth in which horizontally stacked bands float upon colored grounds.
Disillusioned by politics generally and the catastrophes of the Second World War particularly—genocide, atomic warfare, and fascism—Rothko, like many fellow Abstract Expressionists, tried to understand modern life in terms of the timeless human condition.
On view in the exhibition "The Expanding Field: MOCA's Collection from the 1940s to 1970s." Now through August 2, 2026.
Learn more: moca.org
Mark Rothko’s celebrated paintings use variations of color, tone, and transparency to create atmospheric spaces of ambiguous depth in which horizontally stacked bands float upon colored grounds.
Disillusioned by politics generally and the catastrophes of the Second World War particularly—genocide, atomic warfare, and fascism—Rothko, like many fellow Abstract Expressionists, tried to understand modern life in terms of the timeless human condition.
On view in the exhibition "The Expanding Field: MOCA's Collection from the 1940s to 1970s." Now through August 2, 2026.
Learn more: moca.org
