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mopinko

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11. i've often wondered

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 02:49 PM

Apr 29

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.

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Child damages $56M Rothko painting at Netherlands museum [View all] question everything Apr 29 OP

He was trying to put a mustache on it. marble falls Apr 29 #1

I wouldnt pay $500 for that. Mosby Apr 29 #2

Do you remember commercials from the 80s, I think EYESORE 9001 Apr 29 #3

I remember that. My mom bought me the ugliest chair at a motel closing. underpants Apr 29 #5

I do good to draw stick figures EYESORE 9001 Apr 29 #27

How about if I added a banana? BoRaGard Apr 29 #8

Only it its duct taped to the middle of the painting. Mosby Apr 29 #16

Have you been in front of an actual Rothko? maxsolomon Apr 29 #22

Actually i might have. Mosby Apr 29 #26

In fairness genxlib Apr 29 #4

The child made an improvement in my view....... Butterflylady Apr 29 #6

How is this worth 56 million? JBTaurus83 Apr 29 #7

Me either. I suspect the kid who damaged it could paint a new one for them. Vinca Apr 29 #12

He couldn't. He won't. maxsolomon Apr 29 #24

I love Rothkos and I love it when life happens to art; this story is catnip for me. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 29 #9

Me too canetoad Apr 29 #17

With you on this. I suspect Rothko would love this. yardwork Apr 29 #18

somebody's parent is in trouble! FirstLight Apr 29 #10

i've often wondered mopinko Apr 29 #11

He didn't laugh all the way to the bank. maxsolomon Apr 29 #25

sounds like a gross exaggeration. mopinko Apr 29 #13

The way Rothko was explained to me (and I get it) is that he was more of an artist for artists. chowder66 Apr 29 #14

Interesting question everything Apr 29 #15

Painter/Artist/ Art History minor here Mossfern Apr 29 #21

I liked his work before I knew any of that but appreciated it even more after I found out. chowder66 Apr 29 #30

you break it, you buy it. miyazaki Apr 29 #19

That looks like a piece that would be very easy to repair jmowreader Apr 29 #20

Kid's fingernails can be like razors! maxsolomon Apr 29 #23

If a child is able to get to a painting and damage it, what other works of art are in danger? And why are these works SWBTATTReg Apr 29 #28

They're all in danger of the public. maxsolomon Apr 29 #29

Museums wrestle with this all the time -- making art accessible while still protecting it. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 29 #31