[lbo-talk] CIA and abstract art

[ken hanly]

 That is a fascinating article. No doubt the CIA enjoyed using artists who hated them and were often left wing radicals to be part of a culture war directed against socialist realism in the USSR.

Cheers ken
 
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 From: Carl G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:04:54 AM
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html

On Jul 14, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:


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> On Jul 14, 2012, at 3:03 AM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
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>> I'm not sure. I distinctly remember something specifically about the CIA. Unfortunately, I didn't note the title.
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> I'm pretty sure the CIA is in the Guilbaut book. It's definitely in the Frances Stonor Sanders book.
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