Stupid.

Advertising ‘hotel-motel art shows’? Some of the most gawdawful ‘art’ - and all for retail prices too.

To me, art is something I can’t do. I could do that Rothko. As was explained to me by art students I worked with “but they thought of it”. Okay.

There’s artistic talent in my family, but I didn’t inherit any. Guess when I was in queue to be reborn, I got in the wrong line and got fartistic ability instead.

That might raise the value to $1000.

They make you feel like they're vibrating from within. Doesn't really come across in a photo, but they're some of the most spiritual AbEx paintings I've ever seen.

When I was in San Francisco a long time ago I went to the MOMA there. I was most impressed by the Klee exhibit. I love his work.

It looks like some of his own work because it looks like a child painted it.

I will never understand the "value" of some modern art. I guess I am just a philistine.

All they have to do is paint another one. How hard is it to copy?

I love going to the art museums here in Philly, but, I will never understand this crap.

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I don't understand why the compunction to reject post-WW2 Abstract Expressionism.

It's the art of our Grandparents. Rothko was born 2 years before my Grandfather, in 1903. This painting is 65 years old.

We have one painting in the State gallery - Untitled (Red) and I become almost hypnotised by it. This thread is full of phillistines

Was it an American family...? lol


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I see they aren't doxxing the parents/kid

It looks like a kid's painting, so maybe the kid was attracted to it ...

Seriously, some "art" is really stupid...

if rothko laughed all the way to the bank. i DO appreciate his work, mostly. but i have no idea how some artists paint the same thing over, and over, and over.

He killed himself.

i’ve seen some incredibly damaged paintings restored. it’s not rocket science.
they dont even have to deal w 18th century pigments, etc. u can probably still buy his paints.

His paintings have a lot to do with color balance and how colors can evoke moods. Many artists have been inspired by him.


This was explained to me by an art history teacher and an artist, separately. They went into more depth on him but that's all I can remember.

Your friend is correct.
My son texted to me a of Rothko drawing he liked the other day.
I can understand how people don't get his work.

Since this $56 million painting is three big solid-color rectangles, simply use a spectrophotometer to get you the exact color match of the area the kid screwed up, mix a little paint of the right shade, and spot-paint it.

Oh...and then put the thing behind UV-resistant glass so it doesn't happen again.

Rzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Like a cat.

of art left out in the 'open', subject to any kind of possible danger?

Doesn't the needs of the many (to view the item in the future millions of times, behind a protective barrier vs. an unprotected barrier) count for something?

Very few are behind glass, and that's a good thing.

Docents do most of the shooing away. Some have pressure-sensitive plinths in front that go beep if you step on them.