The Rothko Chapel, which has been closed since Hurricane Beryl hit Houston last July, has announced that it will reopen to the public on December 17.

His works are mesmerizing and recognized worldwide – swaths of color, and floating, fuzzy-edged rectangles … all part of the signature vision of the formidable 20th century artist Mark Rothko.

Onstage from The Ensemble Company, “Red” is a breath of fresh air as it contemplates how art is created and what it says about us.

Rothko will explore the ways the paintings foster a profound connection between viewer and artist through form, color, and scale. Artwork credit: Mark Rothko. No.1, White and Red, 1962.

New York (AFP) - A Mark Rothko painting sold for $46.5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York, an evening in which several records were set including one for a work by German artist Sigmar Polke.