The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern
art - including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert
Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko - as a weapon in the Cold War.
In the manner of a Renaissance prince - except that it acted secretly - the
CIA fostered and promoted American Abstract Expressionist painting around
the world for more than 20 years.
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