Art Talk: The Invisible Patron: Art as a Weapon of the Cold War at Tucson Museum of Art
Operation Long Leash (active from 1950 to 1967) was a covert CIA program during the Cold War that secretly supported artists, particularly in the Abstract Expressionist movement. The goal was to promote Abstract Expressionism as a symbol of American artistic and intellectual freedom, contrasting with the rigid, state-controlled art of the Soviet Union. This covert […]
