Rothko himself had long since committed suicide.
Or perhaps Rothko isn't okay either.
But there was this one Rothko that was sublime, bro!
Rothko painted several other works nearly the same,
simply changing the colors, number and size of blocks and the like.
You can feel the amazing vibes of Rothko's Red on Maroon
and appreciate the sadness and craziness of Picasso's the Weeping Woman.
In 2007, the painting to the right, titled“White Center”,
by Mark Rothko, sold for $72.8 million to a wealthy Sheikh,
Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
Though its collection is an impressive survey of the big names of twentieth-century international art- including Monet,
Matisse and Rothko- the real stars are the building itself,
huge, grand and proudly displaying its industrial past as a power station, and Tate's ambitious and playful curating.