The Abstract Expressionists emerged from obscurity in the late 1940s to establish New York as the centre of the art world. But were they pawns of US spies in the Cold War?
I hope BBC is a credible source because I read it all the time.
So, BBCs article was the first that popped up. But the reason for this post was because I saw a YouTube short where someone explained that the CIA used abstract expressionism to fuel propaganda that is anti-communist and that helped the US win the Cold war. IMO I don’t think either side won that war from what I read. Anyway, I needed link to support my claim and BBC was the top result. I may have made a mistake but there are dozens of sources on this that I could have probably used if I just went down the pages in the Google search.
So, BBCs article was the first that popped up. But the reason for this post was because I saw a YouTube short where someone explained that the CIA used abstract expressionism to fuel propaganda that is anti-communist and that helped the US win the Cold war. IMO I don’t think either side won that war from what I read. Anyway, I needed link to support my claim and BBC was the top result. I may have made a mistake but there are dozens of sources on this that I could have probably used if I just went down the pages in the Google search.