More than 1, 000 paintings were submitted for the awards, and an exhibition of selected works will be held in the Mall Galleries from 19 February - 2 March.

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In addition to these Rothkos selected from the 295 works donated in 1985-86 to the National Gallery of Art by the Mark Rothko Foundation (formed by his children) the exhibition also includes 10 early works by other artists (among them Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Morris Louis, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock) that set up a rich context for the early Rothko paintings.

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The Rothko painting was one of eight works hand-selected by the Russian-American artist for his landmark solo show in 1954 at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Unpublished works by newly-literate learners are selected, produced and distributed to literacy centres and public schools offering youth and adult education classes.

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Selected from about 800 paintings, more than 1500 paper works and three sculptures many never seen before the exhibition gives us Still, whole, at last.

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The group selected to work with Muniz begins by posing for photographic recreations of classic works of art.

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The result is "Birds in the Art of Japan, " a selection of works from the 13th to the 21st century, some 115 selected from the permanent collection along with about a dozen borrowed from local collectors.

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