Costly Gallery Accident: Child Damages $56 Million Painting

A valuable work of art has been seriously damaged at the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam. An anonymous child scratched a 1960 painting by Mark Rothko, Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8, worth a whopping $56 million. It is not known who will pay for the restoration of the work.

- Rothko's work has been damaged. There are a few visible scratches in the unvarnished layer of paint . The damage was caused by a child who scratched the underside of the work in a moment of inattention - we read in a statement by the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum, sent to The Times.

The museum authorities are currently analyzing what steps to take regarding the renovation. It is expected that the painting by Mark Rothko will return to the exhibition and will continue to be admired.

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At the same time, it was decided not to publish the personal details of the child or his parents. It was also not announced who would pay for the renovation of the painting, which is described on the museum's website as representing the movement of colour plane painting . This trend is characterized by the fact that "colour does not express anything beyond itself and the artist's signature in the form of a brushstroke is avoided. The diffuse contours of Rothko's colour planes make them seem to float and glow."

Mark Rothko is considered one of the pioneers of abstraction in the United States. He died in 1970 at the age of 67.