This is news to me--I knew about the funding of various journals. What
umbrella group did they fund (assuming they weren't depositing cash in
Jackson Pollock's account)? Any details?
At 08:43 AM 8/22/2000 +1000, you wrote:
>The CIA also funded the abstract expressionists, because of the
>perception that Europe was way ahead in the culture stakes. It's a kind
>of peculiar thought. I doubt they'd fund any avant gard art now.
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>Though I suppose there's always Saatchi and Saatchi.
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>Cheers
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>Alison
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