'In The Tower: Mark Rothko’ Set to Open Feb. 21 at National Gallery of Art

WASHINGTON, D.C.–At the National Gallery of Art, the second in a series of Tower exhibitions focusing on contemporary art and its roots offers a rare look at the black-on-black paintings that Mark Rothko made in 1964 in connection with his work on a chapel for the Menil Collection in Houston.

A recording of Morton Feldman’s “Rothko Chapel (1971),” the haunting music originally composed for that space, accompanies the exhibition in the East Building Tower Gallery.

A new 10-minute film examines the career of Rothko and his development of a style that fused abstract painting with emotional significance. Produced by the National Gallery of Art, the film will be shown continuously in the Tower Gallery. The film was made possible by the HRH Foundation.
The exhibit is scheduled to run Feb. 21 to Jan. 2, 2011.
Visit http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/rothkosplash.shtm for additional information.