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Simon Schama's Power of Art

Rothko

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 12 months

Mark Rothko believed that tradition was all used up, that figurative art could no longer connect us, viscerally, to the human tragedy. So he set himself - and New York - a test. Show more

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