Traces of Reality: Abstract Art and the ...

Traces of Reality: Abstract Art and the CIA (WIW 13)

Mar 28, 2024

EPISODE 107 - The World Is Weird 13

Guest: Mandy Theis, founder and director of the School of Atelier Arts, academic director and professor at the Florence Academy of Art

Maybe you've walked into a museum or gallery and seen a big white, blank canvas, or a huge circle, and thought, "So, this is art, eh?". But why is there so much of this abstract stuff around? The answer might be surprising - because the CIA promoted it as part of the Cold War.

And then it rather got away from them. Today, the art market is the most unregulated in the world, and aesthetics and skill take a back seat to branding. 

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