Mark Rothko and Place

The Phillips Collection’s Living Room is a series of intimate conversations featuring artists, authors, curators, collectors, and museum professionals. These programs offer rare opportunities to engage in discussions that connect the museum’s collection with broader dialogues.

Christopher Rothko gives a special talk exploring his father’s enduring relationship with The Phillips Collection, home to the renowned Rothko Room.

About Christopher Rothko

Christopher Rothko, the second of Mark and Mary Alice Rothko’s two children, is a psychologist, writer, and for the last 30 years, the custodian of the Rothko legacy in partnership with his sister, Kate. He is editor of his father’s book of philosophical writings, The Artist’s Reality. His own book of essays, Mark Rothko from the Inside Out, was published in 2015 by Yale University Press. Dr. Rothko has helped prepare more than two dozen Rothko exhibitions at museums and galleries around the globe and has curated the monumental Rothko retrospectives at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. He is Past Chair of the Rothko Chapel Board and currently head of the Opening Spaces Campaign.

Accessibility Service

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