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Re:Is there such a thing as good taste? by pydry on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:00AM (#29228165)
Ironically, the "white dot" type of art was popularized by CIA who poured money into cultural promotion following remarks by the USSR that the US was a culturally barren wasteland:

https://daily.jstor.org/was-modern-art-really-a-cia-psy-op/

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Re:Is there such a thing as good taste? by ritchiea on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:17AM (#29228376)
The CIA backed American abstract expressionists, which is a different, more visually complex style of abstract painting that is distinct from minimalist abstract painting.
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