Museum San-Франциско sell the work of Marko Rothko to "diversified collection"
ARTinvestment.RU   22 февраля 2019

Under the introduction of "diversity" refers to the purchase of works of women-художниц and artists of African origin, now inadequately represented in SFMoMA

Rich white-бордовый a sample of "color field painting" Mark Rothko will be offered for auction at Sotheby's in may this year. Assessment of lot 35 to $ 50 million. The work was lying in the vaults since 2002. Another Rothko of the same 1960 — "No. 14" — will remain in the Museum's permanent exhibition.

According to the Director of the Museum of contemporary art San-Франциско Neil Benezra, the leadership of the Museum last year working on a new strategy for "real diversification of the meeting." Mainly, you need to "deal with the gaps in the history of art" — consider in the SFMoMA. And with an annual budget of just $ 3 million for the purchase of exhibits and inflated prices that are offered at art-рынке, to make it Oh so easy. Therefore it was decided to sell one work Rothko.

Sources: nytimes.com, artinvestment.ru



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