Of course it just comes down to preference, but as someone who finds his work beautiful even in reproduction one point of context is that many (maybe all? not s

Of course it just comes down to preference, but as someone who finds his work beautiful even in reproduction one point of context is that many (maybe all? not sure) of his pieces were made for very specific spaces, to enhance the environment -- restaurants, etc. I think this is why I've never found seeing them in a museum to be a significantly transcendent experience either. It's my understanding that they were made to be lived with, even if just for a few hours, and to have a conversation with the space they were meant to be installed into. Not things you study and focus your attention toward specifically, but things that transform the environment you're in. My favorite Rothko experiences are just prints that I've found a proper home for in my apartment, honestly.