Discover the art world giant whose color fields changed art history and now fetch millions

Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous American Masters

Premiered October 25, 2019
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Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous

Explore the life of the celebrated artist whose luminous color field paintings helped define the abstract expressionist movement, which shifted the art world epicenter from Paris to New York. Featuring original scenes with Alfred Molina.

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