A History of the World in Spy Objects

Daniel Arsham: Jackson Pollock, Number 8

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What connects the radical 20th century painter Jackson Pollock and the CIA? 

More than you’d think. 

Artist Daniel Arsham and host Alice Loxton share the surprising secret history of Pollock’s 1949 masterpiece, Number 8. 

From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series produced by Alex Burnard, Morgan Childs, Claire Crofton, Joe Foley, Frank Palmer, Kellie Redmond and Isabel Sutton. Music by Nick Ryan.