Mark Rothko is one of America's most significant post-war painters.
At the centre of the exhibition will be a group of 16 Seagram murals uniting for the first time Tate's group of nine murals with a selection from other collections.
Tate promises that the exhibition will come as a revelation event to those familiar with Rothko's work.
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