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April 24, 2013 12:51 pm PDT
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Abstract Expressionism was a CIAplot
In this 1995 Independent article, you can read about the former CIA officer who admitted that the Agency secretly funded and promoted Abstract Expressionism as a way for avant-garde, lefty types to reconcile their worldview with American values, rather than Soviet-style Communism. They operated in secret to avoid "the public hostility to the avant-garde," and [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/TT4B1aJlFU4/story01.htm
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