the ivory collection
Art & Events at The Ivory
Every piece in our collection was personally selected to complement the spirit of the hotel — thought-provoking, beautiful, and distinctly Los Angeles.
Matt writes a note about the latest and greatest...Mark Rothko, originally Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, born in 1903 in the Russian Empire, stands as a pioneering figure in abstract expressionism whose artistic legacy continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Emigrating to the United States with his family in 1913, Rothko faced early years marked by financial hardships and a search for artistic identity.
Despite these challenges, he emerged as one of the foremost artists of his era, celebrated for his emotionally evocative color field paintings, some of which have fetched prices in the tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars.