Mihail Chemiakin: ’The FBI and CIA secretly promoted American artists’ | Interview RT Documentary - YouTube

In the Kennedy era the FBI covertly promoted American artists, including Andy Warhol, says Russian dissident artist Mihail Chemiakin. He has created paintings, sculptures, costumes and scenic designs in his two homelands, Russia and the United States. In an interview with RT Documentary, Chemiakin also shares his thoughts on why the rich acquire contemporary art and why Malevich’s Black Square is a ‘tombstone’ for modern painters. Watch the Full Documentary ’From Russia with Art’ 00:00 - Introduction 00:34 - FBI and American art 2:21 - Russian avant garde and obsessive collectors 4:41 - Modern Russian art 6:25 - Not just Kandinksy and Malevich 7:53 - Art or crap? Piero Manzoni’s tins 9:45 - The right amount of suffering to help artist’s talent 11:53 - A ring