During the Cold War, the CIA quietly funded and promoted Abstract Expressionism as a weapon against Soviet ideology, turning modern art into a symbol of Western freedom. While the USSR pushed ...

The CIA secretly used modern art to fight Soviet influence. Abstract Expressionism was promoted as proof of freedom and creativity. Funding was hidden through museums and foundations. Artists never ...

MAMARONECK, NY, UNITED STATES, January 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Renowned local abstract expressionist artist Jill Krutick will present an exhibition of over a ...

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Thursday, according to a US official. “During the meeting in Caracas, Director Ratcliffe discussed ...

The standard story of 1960s arts is one of Abstract Expressionism leading into Pop Art and minimalism. A Whitney show proposes an altogether different one centered on surrealism. Shawn Walker’s Man ...

Public knowledge about CIA activity tends to arrive through three channels. First, official confirmation by U.S. leaders or agencies. Second, contemporaneous reporting that attributes information to ...

Here's a first look at Dick Wolf's "FBI" offshoot series, "CIA," which brings a new odd couple to TV. The first trailer shows by-the-book FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman ("Chicago Med" star Nick ...

In Untitled (1953-54), impasto strokes conjure the impression of a flower bouquet without clearly defining its forms. Courtesy of Karma Gallery and the estate of Manoucher Yektai In the years since ...

A Yale University Art Gallery exhibit on the influential abstract expressionist and teacher Hans Hofmann opened last month, featuring 11 works by the artist and one by his student Lee Krasner. “Hans ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The officials arrived at the secret CIA archival facility in the Washington area one morning in early April. Their mission: to seize still-classified CIA files on the ...

A survey at the Walker Art Center celebrates the interdisciplinary artist Dyani White Hawk, whose works are grounded in the Lakota philosophy of connectedness. The artist Dyani White Hawk, in her ...

Egon Schiele, Sawmill (1913). Courtesy of the Kallir Research Institute, New York The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) recently announced a major gift of more than 130 works of Austrian ...