The London gallery said one of the artist's Seagram murals was defaced at about 15:25 BST.
Paintings by the Modernist painter, one of America's most important post-war artists, have sold for hundreds of millions of pounds.
The gallery was shut for a short period and then reopened.
Police are investigating the incident.
A Tate spokeswoman said: "Tate can confirm that there was an incident in which a visitor defaced one of Rothko's Seagram murals by applying a small area of black paint with a brush to the painting."
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