Mark Rathko Paintings on Paper at the National Gallery of Art

We oftentimes take our morning walk in our old Capitol Hill neighborhood. It’s a great way to get out of the house, take a ride down the construction messy GW Parkway, and spend a couple of hours walking about. It’s not unusual to park on the National Mall and start at the US Botanic Garden, then meander by the Capitol Building and grounds, and then walk over to the. National Gallery of Art. There are always new exhibits, and that’s what we came across the other day. It’s the Mark Rathko Paintings on Paper exhibit located in the east building. There is a continuous Mark Rathko exhibit there as well. Neither my husband nor I are impressed with that collection of basically nothing but blocks of color or no color. But I have to say that I really liked a lot of the work in this collection. In particular I liked the colors and the portraits most. It was unexpected, and there were a good amount of visitors checking things out. Then it started to get weird and I didn’t care for it anymore. After that we passed through the underground light tunnel over to the west building where the beautiful works have been put back in their usual spots after renovation. I still love the impressionists the most. And it’s so nice to see them whenever we visit.