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

submitted 6 days ago by HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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I hope BBC is a credible source because I read it all the time.

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[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

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.