From Canvas to Covert Ops: The Hush-Hush History of Abstract Expressionism

<p>Ever visited the grand art museums in New York or some other major US city and been left scratching your head?</p> <p>You walk into a large, hallowed hall, and there it is &mdash; an entire section dedicated to what looks like the aftermath of a toddler&rsquo;s unsupervised playdate with paint.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*2z1k5GaBZkM2Pu3YLYUXig.png" style="height:507px; width:700px" /></p> <p><strong>The Unsupervised Playdate</strong></p> <p>&ldquo;<strong>Ah, the pinnacle of art,</strong>&rdquo; says a snooty man in a beret beside you, gazing at what appears to be a canvas splattered with multicolored spaghetti sauce.</p> <p>You squint, tilt your head, even try closing one eye &mdash; still nada.</p> <p>&ldquo;<strong>Why,</strong>&rdquo; you wonder, &ldquo;<strong>did someone decide that blurry blobs of color were a better choice than painting,&nbsp;</strong>oh I don&rsquo;t know<strong>, a lovely landscape or a bowl of fruit?</strong></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@anchor.kurtosis/from-canvas-to-covert-ops-the-hush-hush-history-of-abstract-expressionism-9e2c167cc843"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>