Comment by Julesman

This is one of my favorites. Many here correctly point out that modern art was not created by the CIA and that's certainly laughable.

However, there are a lot folks here who don't seem to got the intent of this operation, and it was an operation with a goal. The goal was to subvert any trend toward political expression in art in the US as Soviet art was very political and a powerful force in shaping public opinion. We knew we couldn't control it so we ensured that it didn't happen here. Roughly speaking, of course.