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Originally Posted by Washing Machine ("hates" Mark Rothko)
On the subject of Rothko. I was just talking with my friend who recently visited the Tate and was most unimpressed with the Rothko room. I will see it for myself soon and probebly come back with the same conclusion (this friend and I have much the same tastes). However if I don't I shall apologize fully and admit that I am wrong.
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Never been, but I've been to the Rothko room at the Modern Wing of the National Gallery in D.C. many times. Those paintings are great.
Seeing Rothko's works in a gallery setting is wholly different than little pictures in art books or online.