OT: Banana sells for $120,000 at Art Basel

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Originally Posted by cash05458

that is called promoting american culture...something we used to do...other countries still do that actually....that aint the cia...it used to be called the culture department...we used to have some pride and a bit of money for that...

Yes. The art world center shifted from Paris to New York in the 50s. The US gained cultural hegemony. I read stories about the CIA involvement in this thing .... but it was the beginnings of the agency and it was more of an idealistic intelectual thing and not what it is today.