deadcream comments on TIL that the CIA helped fund the Abstract Expressionism movement in order to fuel propaganda and win the Cold war.

TIL that the CIA helped fund the Abstract Expressionism movement in order to fuel propaganda and win the Cold war. (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/til@lemmy.ca

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[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

So that's why it was banned in the ussr, and not because Khrushchev thought it was stupid shit that "working class man" wouldn't understand and therefore a waste of government funds?

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago

Other way around.

The CIA saw that the Soviets hated it, and decided that this was a great way to differentiate the US from the repressive Communists.

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