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HOW TO LOOK AT A ROTHKO
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HOW TO LOOK AT A ROTHKO

A guide for viewing Rothko's color field paintings and the return of the brooch

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Fred Castleberry
Mar 30, 2024
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ART DEPARTMENT

“A painting is not about experience. It is an experience.”

Mark Rothko

ROTHKO WAS A GENIUS. But do you know how to look at a Rothko? Do you even know what a Rothko is? Or who he was?

Welcome to Art Department, the Dying Breed column devoted to the art and artists that inform and inspire the world of F.E. Castleberry.

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