Now I finally find Abstract Expressionism interesting...

no. 8, Jackson Pollock, 1949

I was rather perturbed to learn in my Art and Propaganda class last week, that the CIA spent more than 20 years secretly funding Abstract Expressionist artists. My ignorance on this little tidbit of Cold War art history is either a testament to how little the matter is discussed today, or how little I payed attention in my second year contemporary art course. At any rate, I've been to MoMA a couple times and I don't recall any mention of this in the Abstract Expressionist exhibit. Here's an interesting article from 1995 which outlines the CIA's funding scheme: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html