it is well documented is that the CIA under
cover paid the Abstract Expressionists to paint
extending the WPA into a sort of free-for-all;
artists of every stripe getting a gov't check for
doing what they would do anyway; novels,
paintings, photographs, poetry all came from
the gov't paying artists so they weren't broke
sitting on their ***** doing nothing except
painting, writing poetry & novels, dancing &c.

this was done to promote Western Liberal
values as superior to the ****-like Soviets

it also paid off many a bar tab