Abstract Discussion Dr. Rebecca Gordon and Dr. Sarah Sentilles. What happens to a society when torture becomes mainstreamed? How does it impact accepted ethical and spiritual systems? Is it possible to bring awareness to torture through depictions without revictimizing those pictured? UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan E. Méndez moderates a discussion exploring these questions with scholar Dr. Rebecca Gordon and author Dr. Sarah Sentilles. Méndez is a lawyer and human rights activist known for...

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Abstract Haskell Small. Mark Rothko’s work, including the Rothko Chapel, has inspired numerous responses in prose, poetry, movement, and music. Noted pianist Haskell Small performs his piece The Rothko Room: Journeys in Silence, which was inspired by the Rothko Room in the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. Additionally, the concert includes pieces inspired by the spiritual power of mountains by Alan Hovhaness. Small is an accomplished composer and pianist, and has performed with great success in...

Abstract Nicole Brossard. Throughout the years, visitors have responded to the silent power of Mark Rothko’s work, and particularly the Rothko Chapel, by composing poems. Acclaimed Canadian avant-garde poet and novelist Nicole Brossard debuts a poem inspired by her intense admiration and affection for Rothko’s work. She also reads from her latest collection of poems in English. Brossard has published more than 30 books, including Nicole Brossard: Selections (2010, translated by Jennifer Moxley) and...

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Rights and Reproduction Project: Requested January 14, 2015 by Keon-Hee Kim Email: celine@covana.co.kr Filmed at the Rothko Chapel January 20, 2015 Purpose of Film: The purpose of filming is to promote broader public understanding of Rothko's artistic philosophy in accordance to the Mark Rothko Exhibition in Seoul scheduled for March at SAC (Seoul Arts Center) Film was available for viewing January 28, 2015

Abstract Mark Rothko’s paintings are often described in poetic terms that include allusions to the transcendental, the sublime, the spiritual, and the tragic. Rarely considered is Rothko’s keen interest in modernist architecture and his lifelong desire to transform the nature and experience of an existing architectural space with his paintings. Art historian Eileen Costello, Ph.D., discusses the architectural nature of Rothko’s paintings and how the Rothko Chapel, the culmination of the artist’s...

Abstract Harry Cooper Ph.D. What is the significance of Rothko’s turn to dark, expansive paintings in the 1960s? Do they realize or deny what Rothko called the “inner light” of his art? What was the different role of darkness throughout his previous work? Did Rothko intend to imbue colors like those used in the Rothko Chapel with particular meaning? Looking at both the Chapel works and related single canvases at the National Gallery of Art, Modern Art Curator Harry Cooper, Ph.D. explores these and...

Abstract Harry Cooper, PhD. What is the significance of Rothko’s turn to dark, expansive paintings in the 1960s? Do they realize or deny what Rothko called the “inner light” of his art? What was the different role of darkness throughout his previous work? Did Rothko intend to imbue colors like those used in the Rothko Chapel with particular meaning? Looking at both the Chapel works and related single canvases at the National Gallery of Art, Modern Art Curator Harry Cooper, Ph.D. explores these and...

Abstract How did John and Dominique de Menil come to commission Mark Rothko to create his masterpiece, the Rothko Chapel, in Houston? Art historian Chelby King discusses Houston art professor Jermayne McAgy’s influence on the de Menil’s commission and her connection to Rothko. Chelby King was awarded a M.A. in art history from the University of Houston in May 2013 following a fifteen-year career in arts management. Her organizational work has focused on advancing opportunities for contemporary...

Abstract How did Mark Rothko’s complex trajectory between the Russian empire, the United States and back to Europe impact his own pictorial message? In particular, how can we assess his paintings, namely those of the Rothko Chapel, in light of his European birth and of his Jewish heritage? Rothko's biographer Annie Cohen-Solal discusses Mark Rothko’s trajectory in prelude to her forthcoming Rothko biography, to be published in September 2014 in the “Jewish Lives” series, at Yale University Press. Dr...