Cold War in the White Cube Simon Perkins Karl Hanson

Karl Hanson

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Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award from the American Sociological Association

Cold War in the White Cube Simon Perkins Karl HansonIn 1959, the very year the Cuban Revolution amplified Cold War tensions in the Americas, museumgoers in the United States witnessed a sudden surge in major exhibitions of Latin American art. Surveying the 1960s boom of such exhibits, this book documents how art produced in regions considered susceptible to communist influence was staged on U. S. soil for U. S. audiences. Held in high profile venues such as the Guggenheim Museum, the Walker Art Center,