Behind the Color Lies the Cataclysm: Dr. David Anfam on Mark Rothko

Join Dr. David Anfam, renowned art historian and author of the catalogue raisonné Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas, in conversation with Sotheby’s Chairman Lisa Dennison about Rothko’s masterwork Untitled, 1960. A highlight of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Untitled, 1960 will be sold on behalf of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) to benefit their acquisitions fund. Untitled, 1960 embodies Rothko’s creative crescendo and the full maturation of his extraordinary artistic output. (16 May | New York)
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[@GreatArtExplained]

I really like this talk, and both speakers, but the music is annoying, distracting, and unnecessary.

[@catherinegutsche3132]

Agreed. Sadly so much so that I will not finish watching it. :-(

[@andrewhoulihan7940]

Totally agree. As an autistic person with adhd trying to focus on this guy talking is hard enough. I was just about to write that. Why are they trying to make it so dramatic? Bad decision whoever said put music into the background. Tut tut.

[@ericaho3634]

Very enjoyable. Dr. Anfam is brilliant as always!

[@bashamohammoud6231]

I found a new session that is ardently to me, obsessive. I do keep returning when I need to rejudge a resourceful notifiable appreciable.

[@annepetersen2684]

Enjoyed this very much Thank you David and Lisa

[@dr.davidanfam5151]

Thank YOU, Anne!

[@rudyray4833]

@@dr.davidanfam5151 oh wow it’s you! Brilliant discussion of the artist whose work is more moving to me than any other. Thank you for offering such depth and dimension to contextualize this work and Rothko’s legacy writ large.

[@elanaphi]

Love his work! Thank you !

[@dr.davidanfam5151]

Thank you!

[@dr.davidanfam5151]

Thank you!

[@StephenS-2024]

This guy gets it. Good talk.

[@ailimaimaiti]

abstract expression always denied the accident during the production, I’m thinking what’s different between Jackson pollock and mark Rothko, do you think both are the abstract expressionist

[@user-nz4yd3iu4t]

멋찝니다~~~

[@compazine]

What is with the awful music playing in the background over the panel's dialogue, it's so disruptive ... whose idea was that?

[@c.e.schlink9933]

I tried, but I just could not stomach this INSUFFERABLE SNOB!! I feel sorry for the lady.

[@etienne7774]

You simply do not understand British humour.

[@dansmith4984]

I’ve met him, he knows his shit. Seemed ok tbh

[@eckitos]

Quisiera poder entender de arte

[@luiscuixara4622]

Be open to the experience y observe muchas cosas. Be interested.

[@rudyray4833]

I wish I could understand Spanish!

[@luiscuixara4622]

@@rudyray4833 Ochos estrellas de diez posibles en la "escala divertida"!

[@tonywalton1052]

THAT is a posh accent.

[@edwardharley9]

I cannot stand the snail's pace of this video...Lisa begins" Tonight I want to talk about me... oh me and Rothko..." then the man begins speaking and the tortoise flew by... mind you I have been watching a lot of Camille Paglia, so I suppose that accounts for my reaction. dislike.