“The painting Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 by Mark Rothko has sustained superficial damage after a child touched the painting when it was on display," the museum said in a statement to PEOPLE. "As a ...

Conservators will now have to repair the artwork, “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8,” after it was “scratched” by a child visiting the Rotterdam gallery where it was on display. The abstract ...

"The work by Rothko -- Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8-- has suffered damage: a number of visible scratches in the unvarnished paint layer," a spokesperson at the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen confirmed.

Measuring 7 feet, 6 inches high by 8 feet, 6 inches wide, Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 is one of just two works by the Abstract Expressionist master in Dutch collections, said the museum on its ...

“Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” sustained some visible scratches when a child brushed against the abstract painting at the Depot, a public storage area of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterda ...

A huge painting by Mark Rothko, thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars, has been removed from display in a Dutch museum after it was damaged by a visiting child. Conservators will now ...

On Monday, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam revealed a child had damaged Rothko's "Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8," worth an estimated $56 million. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI ...

The work in question -- Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 (1960) by Mark Rothko -- sustained several visible scratches in its unvarnished lower paint layer when a young child brushed against it during ...

The work in question is Rothko’s “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” (1960), regarded as one of the most important paintings in the museum’s collection. In a statement shared with ...