News about Mark Rothko

Once a fishing village, picturesque St Ives has morphed into a world-famous artistic hotspot. With 40-plus art spaces in town, there's heaps to see, says Sara Lawrence. Don't miss the Tate on Porthmeor Beach containing works by artists with local links, as well as The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden at Trewyn Studio.

Mark Palmer, who landed in Paris, reports that the city'still has a nexus of intrigue.' He attends two new art exhibits, one dedicated to Van Gogh and the other showcasing Mark Rothko's works, as well as the JK Place hotel, which is'modern but tres chic.'

You get Tel Aviv, one of the Mediterranean's hottest beaches, next to one of the world's oldest cities. Culture enthusiasts, architects, foodies, shoppers, party animals, and anyone else who wants to simply tan on the sand is welcome in the young and sunny city. FUTURISTIC Start With a stroll down tree-lined Rothschild Boulevard to see some of the world's best-preserved Bauhaus architecture. Nearly a century after they were constructed, the white-walled buildings still look modern.

In one of the largest art auctions in history, late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's billion dollar art collection will go under the hammer this November. Christie's said in a tweet that the fabled auction house would sell more than 150'masterpieces' from Allen's foundation. The collection spans more than 500 years of art history, although the work's value is more than $1 billion. The auction is titled: 'Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection'.' Allen died in October 2018 at the age of 65, as a result of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a rare form of cancer. He never married and had no children. Allen's net worth was estimated to be over $20 billion at the time of his death. Allen left the majority of his fortune to charity in 2010. This November, Christie's Rockefeller Center will host an auction. The correct date was not known.