Editing Mark Rothko (section)

==Legacy==
After being reestablished by the court during the lawsuit proceedings following Rothko's death, the Mark Rothko Foundation donated the entirety of its holdings of Rothko's art to 35 museums and art institutions in the United States and Europe.<ref name="NYT lawsuit fallout 98" /> Separately from the foundation, Kate and Christopher, as the executors of Rothko's estate following the lawsuit, have donated several of their holdings of Rothko's art to museums, and, as of 2021, continued to sell paintings from the estate's collection through [[Pace Gallery]].<ref name="Artnet 21 Rothko estate" />

Rothko's complete works on canvas, 836 paintings, have been catalogued by art historian David Anfam, in his ''Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas: Catalogue Raisonné'' (1998), published by [[Yale University Press]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Rothko |url=https://yalebooks.yale.edu/9780300074895/mark-rothko |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Yale University Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2023, the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris staged a landmark retrospective co-curated by Christopher Rothko, the artist’s son. The exhibition brought together 115 works spanning Rothko’s entire career, including early figurative paintings, key abstract canvases, and late “black on gray” works.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rea |first=Naomi |date=November 1, 2023 |title=How Paris’s Once-in-a-Lifetime Mark Rothko Exhibition Changes the Way We See His Revered Paintings |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mark-rothkos-fondation-louis-vuitton-2023-2387000 |url-status=live |access-date=May 20, 2025 |work=Artnet News}}</ref>

A previously unpublished manuscript by Rothko, ''The Artist's Reality'' (2004), about his philosophies on art, edited by his son Christopher, was published by Yale University Press.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Artist's Reality |url=https://yalebooks.yale.edu/9780300269871/the-artists-reality |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Yale University Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

''[[Red (play)|Red]]'', a play by [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] based on Rothko's life, opened at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] in London, on December 3, 2009. The play, starring [[Alfred Molina]] and [[Eddie Redmayne]], centered on the period of the [[#Seagram|Seagram Murals]]. This drama received excellent reviews and usually played to full houses. In 2010 ''Red'' opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], where it won six [[Tony Award]]s, including [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]]. Molina played Rothko in both London and New York. A recording of ''[[Red (play)|Red]]'' was produced in 2018 for [[Great Performances]] with Molina playing Rothko and [[Alfred Enoch]] playing his assistant.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2019 |title="Red" - About - Great Performances - PBS |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/red-about/10049/ |access-date=December 27, 2019 |publisher=[[PBS]]}}</ref>

In Rothko's birthplace, the Latvian city of [[Daugavpils]], a monument to him, designed by sculptor Romualds Gibovskis, was unveiled on the bank of the [[Daugava|Daugava River]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Sites |url=http://www.jewishmuseum.lv/en/menu/23-historical_sites.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216081017/http://jewishmuseum.lv/en/menu/23-historical_sites.html |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |access-date=July 24, 2014 |website=Museum "Jews in Latvia" |quote=''Monument to Mark Rothko'', 18 Novembra, 2, (on the bank of the river Daugava). This monument, designed by Romualds Gibovskis to commemorate the centenary of the Dvinsk-born leading abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko (1903–1970), was unveiled in September 2003.}}</ref> In 2013 the [[Mark Rothko Art Centre]] opened in Daugavpils after the Rothko family had donated a small collection of his original works.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky (April 25, 2013), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Latvia-opens-museum-dedicated-to-Rothko/29339 Latvia opens museum dedicated to Rothko] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428092230/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Latvia-opens-museum-dedicated-to-Rothko/29339 |date=April 28, 2013 }}. ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

A number of Rothko's works are held by the [[Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rothko, Mark |url=http://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/coleccion/autor/rothko-mark |access-date=August 18, 2017 |website=museoreinasofia.es}}</ref> and by the [[Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum]], both in Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rothko, Mark |url=https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/rothko-mark |access-date=August 18, 2017 |website=Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza}}</ref> The [[Empire State Plaza#Art collection|Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection]] in Albany, New York includes both Rothko's painting ''Untitled'' (1967) and a large mural by [[Al Held]], ''Rothko's Canvas'' (1969–70).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Empire State Plaza Art Collection |url=https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/art |access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref>

Fashion designer [[Hubert de Givenchy]] showed fabrics inspired by Rothko in 1971.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Morris |first=Bernadine |date=January 28, 1971 |title=Givenchy: Elegance and More |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/28/archives/givenchy-elegance-and-more.html |journal=The New York Times |page=41 |access-date=March 18, 2022 |quote=One of his daring ventures was to have Sache, an esteemed French fabric designer, adapt the very abstract paintings of Rothko to thin evening silks.}}</ref> A number of musical compositions have been inspired by Rothko's work, including [[Adam Schoenberg]]'s ''[[Finding Rothko]]'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web |last=Steiman |first=Harvey  |title=Spano's Program an Enticing Taste of the Festival's Future? |work=[[The Aspen Times]] |date=July 19, 2011 |url=http://www.aspentimes.com/news/review-spanos-program-an-enticing-taste-of-the-festivals-future/ |accessdate=July 1, 2023}}</ref> and [[Anna Clyne]]'s ''[[Color Field (composition)|Color Field]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite web |last=Clements |first=Andrew |title=Philharmonia/Rouvali/Levit review – secure and clear-sighted Beethoven |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 6, 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/06/philharmonia-rouvali-levit-clyne-rfh |accessdate=July 1, 2023}}</ref>