Modern Art as CIA propaganda against the Cold War

A former CIA agent has confirmed rumors that the CIA had funded modern artists and art magazines during the Cold War. the goal was to show that the U.S. was a creative place open to new forms of art rather than being as rigid about old styles as was more typical of the Soviet Union at the time. So now we know who we have to blame/thank for some of the modern art world's odder art - us, the taxpayers, thanks us. Read more: [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html]

This project is also mentioned in the following recent TED talk: [http://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photographs_secret_sites?language=en]

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