Revealed: how the spy agency used unwitting artists such as Pollock and
de Kooning in a cultural Cold War
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"For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it
is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American
modern art - including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock,
Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko - as a weapon in
the Cold War. In the manner of a Renaissance prince - except that it
acted secretly - the CIA fostered and promoted American Abstract
Expressionist painting around the world for more than 20 years."
Spending some taxpayer funds on acquiring soft power by supporting
artistic and social freedom seems like a much better deal than spending
it on wars that result in later blowback. Such a shame we've had far
more of the latter than the former in recent years.
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