Christopher Rothko, the second child of Mark and Mary Alice Rothko, is a psychologist, writer, and has spent thirty years as the custodian of his father’s legacy alongside his sister Kate. He edited Mark Rothko’s book of philosophical writings, The Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art. Having collaborated on the organisation of over twenty exhibitions dedicated to his father in museums and galleries worldwide, he also served as co-curator for the monumental retrospectives of the artist at Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris and Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. Furthermore, he is a former chairman of the board of the Rothko Chapel and currently leads the Opening Spaces campaign.