Sought after for cocktail lounges, Instagram walls, museums and chapels: half a century after his suicide, a retrospective by Mark Rothko in Paris is the major art event of the winter.
The answer, one can say in advance, is yes in all cases: the big Mark Rothko retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton is really big – both in the sense of great and in terms of material and extensiveness. It is indeed the one must-see exhibition in Europe this winter. And yes: definitely with your own eyes. The catalog, however rich it may be, is no substitute. Classic Rothkos cannot be reproduced photographically; That’s textbook knowledge, that’s what makes classic Rothkos, so to speak.