# "My kid sister could draw that!" Why in Art Museums?

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**Created:** [April 11, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-sister-could-draw-that-why-in-art-museums/399711 "2007-04-11T22:27:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-sister-could-draw-that-why-in-art-museums/399711/22 "2007-04-12T01:14:17Z")

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[QUOTE=HubZilla]

What makes a curator look at a picture for 3 rectangles called [“Untitled”](http://abstractart.20m.com/rothko-Untitled.jpg) and deem it worthy for inclusion?  
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Ah, I didn’t notice this one. Rothko. He’s one of those guys that I didn’t quite get by looking at his pictures in books. When I first saw a Rothko in person, I was floored. I don’t know what the hell he does or how he does it, but his paintings just “vibrate” and exude this ethereal spirituality, for lack of better expression. I know it sounds like crazy talk, but that was my first experience with Rothko in person-- a guy whose work I didn’t expect to like, I see it and have a sublime moment. If someone were to ask me how to represent “spirit” in a painting, I would point them to Rothko.

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