A baby broken a prized Mark Rothko portray final Friday, April 25, whereas it was on show in an exhibition on the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. The work in query is Rothko’s “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” (1960), considered some of the necessary work within the museum’s assortment.
In a press release shared with Hyperallergic, a spokesperson for the museum defined that “small scratches are visible in the unvarnished paint layer in the lower part” of the portray because of a baby touching the work, and that conservation experience has been sought within the Netherlands and overseas.
“We are currently researching the next steps for the treatment of the painting. We expect that the work will be able to be shown again in the future,” the assertion continued.
The spokesperson declined to offer photographs of the damages, in addition to extra info concerning the portray’s valuation and doable prices of its restoration.
The museum acquired Rothko’s “Grey, Orange on Maroon” in 1970, the identical yr the artist died, and the portray is now estimated to be valued at $40–$50 million, in accordance with AD.
The work was the spotlight of the Stedelijk Museum’s Rothko & Me exhibition between 2019 and 2020 in Amsterdam, the place guests might queue as much as have 10 minutes of one-on-one, device-free time with the portray in a non-public room.
Rhea Nayyar (she/her) is a New York Metropolis-based workers reporter at Hyperallergic. She obtained a BFA from Carnegie Mellon College and has a ardour for small-scale artworks, elevating minority views,…
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