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Rothko's appetite suppressant sauced up | 25 comments (25 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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It can hardly be a "standard" weapon to attack any art you don't like.

I thought it was clear that I was talking about this specific period.

Nobody sensible claims that such a connection of itself "discredits" something;

I agree. But there are lots of unsensible people out there.

However, the long-neglected but now well-established fact of covert CIA funding for Abstract Expressionism does help to explain its quite rapid (if brief) success.

A look at today's art world suggests that the CIA involvement was not needed.....

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 09:29:24 AM EST
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