This idea of the supremacy of forms, or ‘measures’ as Rothko defined them, seems quite against the general belief that Rothko’s works are all about colour … Colour is certainly an important part of Rothko’s language, but it is a sort of first seducer, if you will. With the exception of some mural studies, none of his sketches for his classic abstract paintings are in colour. They are first approached through pen and ink. These sketches give us an inside-out perspective. They are the bones of th

This year, for the second time, Dorotheum supported the Women in Art lunch in London, a fundraising project organised by British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel (BFAMI). This year’s guest of honour was performance pioneer Marina Abramović.