Exhibition

The Art of Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Washington

This selection of 17 canvases and 10 drawings from all decades of Rothko’s career marked the first retrospective of the artist’s work in the Republic of Korea. Organized by the National Gallery of Art and its curator Ruth Fine in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, it originated in Mexico City and traveled to Hong Kong prior to its installation in Seoul. A near-identical selection of works by Rothko from the National Gallery—one drawing was substituted—had been assembled to commemorate the artist’s centennial in Riga, Latvia, and Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2003–2004.

Venues

Mark Rothko: A Centennial Celebration, State Museum of Art, Latvia, September 22 – November 30, 2003.
Paintings and Drawings of Mark Rothko (1903–1970) from the National Gallery in Washington: The Artist’s 100th Anniversary, State Hermitage Museum, December 16, 2003 – March 8, 2004.
El arte de Mark Rothko: Selección de la Galería Nacional de Arte de Washington, Museo de arte moderno, October 20, 2005 – January 8, 2006.
The Art of Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Hong Kong Museum of Art, March 31 – June 4, 2006.

Exhibition Catalog

Fine, Ruth, Hyesoo Woo, and Moojeong Chung. The Art of Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2006.
Fine, Ruth. “Mark Rothko.” In The Art of Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, by Ruth Fine et al. Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2006: 23–31.