This panel discussion explores Mark Rothko鈥檚 late work in the context of the 1960s, a time of historic turmoil when the practice of painting became increasingly contested. The speakers explore key issues such as series and seriality, and the existentialist endeavour of Rothko鈥檚 late paintings against the rise of Pop art, minimalism and Conceptual art, offering new ways of thinking about one of the most significant artists of the last聽century.