Resonance
From Houston to Florence: A Listening Room for Feldman and Rothko
In 1971 the Rothko Chapel opened in Houston, conceived to house fourteen paintings by Mark Rothko and designed as a space where attention turns inward. After Rothko’s death, Morton Feldman composed Rothko Chapel (1971), a work whose slow unfolding mirrors the presence of Rothko’s paintings, where colour defines space and time becomes the principal material.
In Florence, the Sacrestia of Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, within the complex established in 1221 by Dominican friars, becomes a listening room for this composition. In parallel with the exhibition dedicated to Rothko at Palazzo Strozzi, Feldman’s music enters a space shaped by centuries of study and preparation. One composer, two chambers, one resonance.
The exhibition is open from 14 March 2026. Via della Scala 16, Florence, Italy 50123
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