In the late 1980s, artist Jim Sanborn was commissioned to create a sculpture for display at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Knowing that some of the world’s top intelligence officials would see the piece virtually every day, Sanborn made a work of art that is, in a word, puzzling. …
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