Rothko at Tate Modern

Please note that this exhibition has now closed. For information on the Turner/Rothko exhibition that is running at Tate Britain from 23rd March - 26th July 2009, click on the link below.

Turner Rothko Exhibition at Tate Britain

Paintings by Rothko at Tate Modern have been on show at the gallery ever since the artist gifted them to them back in the 1960s. Now the entire Rothko Seagram collection, originally designed to hang at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York, has been brought together in London for the first time at Tate Modern.

Seagram collection
Visitors have been able to witness the epic scale of works by Rothko at Tate Modern for many years, and his large and imposing canvases have always been located in the Rothko Room. Bringing all 15 of the Seagram paintings together for one exhibition, the show has been a huge pull for Rothko fans and those with a love for abstract expressionism.

Large scale murals
An unprecedented exhibition of his later works, the show by Rothko at Tate Modern is simply eponymously titled and concentrates on his large scale murals for which he is mainly known. At the heart of the Rothko exhibition are the Seagram paintings, but there are also works included in the show from collections in Japan and Washington.

Archive material
Aldo on show at the Tate Modern are a selection of large scale gouache paintings, as well as fascinating archival material that reveal the history of the Tate's Rothko Room, which made the transition from the old Tate (what is now Tate Britain) to the modern art gallery when it opened in 2000. The Blackform paintings, large works on paper and the Black on Grey series which were created during Rothko's last working years, form part of the Rothko exhibition too.

Major exhibition
One of the major exhibitions of the winter in London, the display of works by Rothko at Tate Modern bring a new and vibrant perspective to the works that many are so familiar with. Even those who have visited the Rothko Room at the Tate before and feel they know the works well will be bowled over by the entire Seagram collection and the exhibition as a whole.

If you would like to book tickets to see the exhibition by Rothko at Tate Modern, phone 020 7887 8888 for more information.

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