Sansara/Manchester Collective review – an exquisitely colourful tribute to Rothko Chapel
Morton Feldman’s 1971 work and three responses to it made for a fascinating concert
July 2022
Wild waves, perfect pipes: Milton Avery, the original abstract expressionist – review
As this brilliant exhibition shows, Avery was an experimental dreamer whose sublime landscapes and beach scenes paved the way for Rothko, Pollock and Newman
February 2022
Rothko and Warhol among ‘legendary’ art collection being sold in divorce
Further 30 works from Macklowe collection to be auctioned in New York in May after billionaire couple’s split
November 2021
Art from acrimonious divorce raises $676m at Sotheby’s in New York
Works by Warhol, Rothko and Pollock sold in most valuable auction ever held at Sotheby’s
October 2021
Living colour: how Mark Rothko found light in his dark final years
A new exhibition of the American master’s lesser-known paintings shows his changing approach to the canvas – and his attitude to death, says his son
February 2021
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A dance with Rothko plus Gilbert and George explore Covid chaos – the week in art
Mark Rothko’s chapel turns 50, the British Museum examines the male and female lives of the Chevalier d’Éon and Britain’s favourite odd-couple artists capture the new normal
June 2020
Lockdown culture
Walking to infinity: my virtual odyssey through Britain's finest art
'Waves of mysterious meaning': Mark Rothko murals at Tate Modern – video
March 2020
UK gallery curator calls for public art project in response to Covid-19
Ambitious national programme is needed to support artists and institutions, says Serpentine Galleries’ artistic director
April 2019
'Turner gets his cobwebs blown away' – Sea Star: Sean Scully review
National Gallery, London Sean Scully’s work has been placed alongside a much-misunderstood seascape by Turner. The result is a fascinating exhibition full of insight, power and glorious melting colour
December 2018
Brief letters
The dizzying colours of Mark Rothko
Brief letters: Mark Rothko | Showrooming | Career of Evil | Jericho, Lancashire | Scented candles | Cross crossworder
June 2018
The long read
How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery detective
The long read: Forgeries have got so good – and so costly – that Sotheby’s has brought in its own in-house fraud-busting expert
May 2018
The week in theatre: Red; Effigies of Wickedness – review
Red review – Alfred Molina's portrait is as layered as a Rothko canvas
January 2018
Why would Trump turn down a golden toilet? Because he already has one
Jonathan Jones
The 18-karat loo offered to the US president by the Guggenheim is a modern masterpiece – as the 100,000 people who have used it can testify. The White House should plumb it in pronto
April 2017
Red review – vivid portrait of Rothko's brushes with comedy
Patrick O’Kane embraces both the humour and humanity of the troubled abstract expressionist in John Logan’s award-winning play
March 2017
The art of colour: why Victoria Beckham is channelling Van Gogh this season
One of spring’s biggest trends is duo-toning – wearing two contrasting hues. Art critic Jonathan Jones explains how 17th-century colour theory is influencing your wardrobe
November 2016
How to find solace in dark times: there's always art to look up to
If you feel like getting drunk and bingeing on TV this weekend who can blame you? I can, however, suggest works of art that may help with political grieving
September 2016
Abstract Expressionism review – crammed in a room with the big men of US art
It is packed with thrilling works by Pollock, Rothko and the rest, but this major exhibition is also overloaded and erratic – with little space for female artists
June 2016
Art market shrugs off forgery case but finders of fakes still flourish
A New York court recently heard how a gallery sold more than 70 fakes but one art authenticator says the case was such an outlier that its impact was minimal
