"The 42-year-old Polish-born director is discussing his show Rohtko, inspired by a real-life art forgery scandal. In 2009, it was revealed that the prestigious New York gallery Knoedler & Co had paid more than $20m for paintings by Mark Rothko and other abstract expressionists, which transpired to be fake. The gallery folded, the art world quaked, and the paint trail led back to a Chinese maths teacher living in Queens."
"True to his intentions, Rohtko (the title is deliberately misspelt) is experimental. But at just under four hours in length, with a spectacular set by Fabien Lede and a palette as stylish and sumptuous as any Michael Mann or Wong Kar-Wai film, small it is not. Sizzling the kitchen of the Chinese restaurant where most of the action takes place. Photograph: Arturs Pavlovs"
ukasz Twarkowski, a 42-year-old Polish-born director, created Rohtko inspired by the 2009 Knoedler gallery forgery in which the prestigious New York gallery paid more than $20m for fake Mark Rothko and other abstract expressionist paintings, leading to the gallery's collapse and a trail to a Chinese maths teacher in Queens. Rohtko interrogates originality and authenticity through an experimental, immersive theatrical event lasting just under four hours. The production features a spectacular Fabien Lede set, a stylish, sumptuous palette likened to Michael Mann or Wong Kar-Wai, and an invigorating techno score; it is scripted by Anka Herbut and mainly set in a Chinese restaurant.
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