[lbo-talk] CIA and abstract art

Carl G. Estabrook galliher at illinois.edu
Sat Jul 14 07:38:03 PDT 2012


The article preceded Stonor Saunders' book, which discusses the matter in great detail, from her interviews with the principals.

--CGE

On Jul 14, 2012, at 9:21 AM, ken hanly wrote:


> 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.
>
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> Cheers ken
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html
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>
> 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:
>>
>>> I'm not sure. I distinctly remember something specifically about
>>> the CIA. Unfortunately, I didn't note the title.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure the CIA is in the Guilbaut book. It's definitely in
>> the Frances Stonor Sanders book.
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