Episode 192: Did the CIA invent modern art?

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How did modern art take off in a world where everyone assumed they could make something better themselves? In this controversial episode, Nat walks Aly through the timeline that reveals the CIA had a heavy hand in helping modern art become what we know it as today! Join us for a fun historical romp through the legacy of modern art!

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SOURCES

[1]https://daily.jstor.org/was-modern-art-really-a-cia-psy-op/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeM4NOoegs

[3]https://joannecarrubba.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/abstract-expressionism-and-art-after-world-war-ii/

[4]https://courses.lumenlearning.com/masteryart1/chapter/reading-the-origins-of-abstract-expressionism/#:~:text=Given%20the%20atrocities%20of%20World,of%20the%20artist's%20creative%20process.

[5]https://www.thecollector.com/carl-jung-influence-jackson-pollock/

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[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCo5Tva39s

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KEYWORDS: Conspiracy, Space Race, Cold War, NASA, Soviets, CIA, Modern art, The New York School, MOMA, George Orwell, Animal Farm, Free Enterprise Art, Jackson Pollack, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Encounter, Advancing American Art, Truman, Abstract Expressionism, Carl Jung, Conspiracy

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