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Christopher Rothko and Kate Rothko Prizel, spoke on the legacy of their father

Abstract Thomas MooreAuthor, psychotherapist and lecturer Thomas Moore will explore the connections between spirituality, dreams, and art, and will discuss how to interpret great works such as Mark Rothko's. With degrees in musicology, theology, and religion, Moore launched his career as a psychotherapist first in Dallas, Texas, and then in New England. In 1990 he turned full-time to writing and lecturing internationally. His books include Soul Mates, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life...

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Presented by Tim Marlow, Produced by Tanya Hudson for Radio 3 An exploration of the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most influential and complex painters; from his arrival in America from Russia, looking at murals he refused to show at the Four Seasons restaurant to the newly-restored Rothko Chapel he created in Houston.

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Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.

Abstract Kate Rothko Prizel and Gregory BoydAmerican playwright John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play Red, a two-man play about Mark Rothko, will be produced by the Alley Theatre March 7-25. In tandem with this production, the Rothko Chapel will host a discussion between Mark Rothko’s daughter, Kate Rothko Prizel, and Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd moderated by Dr. Terrence Doody of Rice University. The conversation will explore the play’s portrayal of Mark Rothko and his...

Abstract Eileen Costello, Ph.D. Suggested donation $10Mark 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...

Abstract Harry Cooper, Ph.D. Suggested donation $10 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...

Abstract Chelby King Suggested donation $10How 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...

Abstract Annie Cohen-Solal, Ph.D. Suggested donation $10How 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...