This is pizzagate related because many believe that money for child trafficking is being laundered through the sale of art, and the CIA itself has been linked to child trafficking. Also, the CIA has been known to use modern art as a weapon .
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/05/arts/cia-secret-art-collection/index.html
'During the Cold War the CIA covertly supported contemporary painters, musicians, and writers, among others, as part of the Cultural Cold War. The effect of this spy craft on the trajectory of the art world was intriguing to me. '
A follow up to the CNN 5/16 article was written in 10/16 'A Visit to the CIA’s “Secret” Abstract Art Collection'
The CIA’s abstract art collection isn’t as “secret” as a series of articles made it seem—but it’s more politically significant than it appears, and there are still unanswered questions. Here, photographs of the collection are accessible to the public for the first time.
https://hyperallergic.com/294142/a-visit-to-the-the-cias-secret-abstract-art-collection/
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2impendingdoom ago
some ideas:
in addition to money laundering, this is a way to funnel cushy art related jobs to friends and family
the art can be reproduced and resold and no one will know.
the art can be super crappy or nonexistent and no one will know.
the art might be intended for framing (pun, sorry!) or setting up sting operations
they just fucking do whatever the fuck they want and are completely unaccountable
11-11 ago
Thank you for putting my thoughts into words.
You said it better than I could have