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Brooklyn
Museum
Official Site
Museum
director Arnold Lehman's
letter about "Sensation" issues
The
Latest
THIS
IS PUNISHMENT?
The elderly retired school teacher who defaced a Chris Ofili painting
in last year's "Sensation" show at the Brooklyn Museum,
gets a $250 fine for the act. Says the judge: "So long as
he has paint in his hand, he is to stay away from the Brooklyn
Museum." New
York Daily News 11/15/00
RESERVED
OPTIMISM: After reaching a surprising settlement with Mayor
Giuliani on Monday - in which the city of New York pledged $5.8
million to the museum's renovation project - the Brooklyn Museum
is cautious about the victory and the museum's future. "Monday's
settlement was more an occasion of relief than of jubilation...In
this topsy-turvy case, the winners are worried about what may
have been lost-in public trust, in long-term government and corporate
support, in the willingness to display art that offends some people
- just as the losers are hopeful about what may have been won:
Roman Catholic votes in a certain Senate race." New
York Times 03/29/00 (one-time
registration required for entry)
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Court
forces Giuliani to back down.
New York Times 03/28/00 (one-time
registration required for entry)
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CEASEFIRE:
The City of New York and the Brooklyn
Museum have signed an agreement which will put an end to the
strife over Mayor Rudy Giuliani and last year's controversial
"Sensation" exhibit. The agreement requires city
funding of the museum be permanently restored, and that both
sides drop their lawsuits and appeals, and pay their own legal
fees. CBC
03/28/00
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THE
SHOW THAT WOULDN'T DIE: Some
400 academics, arts administrators, students and others gathered
in Chicago last weekend to examine the relationship between
the arts and society in the wake of the Brooklyn Museum of
Art's controversial "Sensation" show. "The
whole controversy has been high entertainment and good instruction,"
said W.T.J. Mitchell, an art historian at the University of
Chicago. Sydney
Morning Herald 02/15/00 (New
York Times)
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"SENSATION"
CLOSES at the Brooklyn Museum much
as it opened - big crowds, protests outside. New
York Times 01/10/00
(one-time
registration required for entry)
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UNTANGLING
"SENSATION:" When chickens
come home to roost. New
Criterion 01/00
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AMONG
THE STAID OLD MASTERS GALLERIES clustered
on a London street, an upstart arrived a half-dozen years
ago. Jay Jopling's Cube Gallery has brought worldwide attention
to some of the most talked-about artists on the British art
scene, including many of those in the “Sensation” show, which
opened at the Brooklyn Museum last fall. His reaction to the
Brooklyn flap? “That was great! You’d pay a million dollars
to get publicity on that scale!” ARTnews
01/00
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UNEASY
FIT: Art and commerce have always had an uneasy relationship.
Recent revelations about the relationship between collector/funder
Charles Saatchi and the Brooklyn Museum only kicked the problem
out into the open. Sydney
Morning Herald 12/21/99
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72-YEAR_OLD
MAN charged with smearing white paint across painting
at Brooklyn Museum. Described by his wife as a Roman Catholic
who opposed abortion and believed that the painting was sacrilegious.
New York Times 12/18/99
(one-time registration
required for entry)
- VANDAL
attacks controversial Ofili painting in Brooklyn Museum's "Sensation"
show while stunned guards watch on. New
York Times 12/17/99 (one-time
registration required for entry)
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GIULIANI
VS. LEHMAN: Two shameless self-promoters who have met
their match in each other. San
Francisco Examiner 12/14/99
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"DEMANDING
AND OPINIONATED": Brooklyn Museum says it retained
artistic control of "Sensation" show. But museum
documents show collector Charles Saatchi called the shots.
New York Times 12/6/99
(one-time registration
required)
Reviews
The
News
(Most recent at the bottom)
- ARTNewspaper.com
spells out the New York mayor's controversy
with the Brooklyn show and shows you the work (halfway down
page). ARTNewspaper.com
9/27/99
- Chairman
of Brooklyn Museum meets mayor - discusses
removing offending artwork. Proposals included segregating controversial
work, taking 20 percent cut in museum subsidy during show. City
leaks talks to press so museum says all bets are off. New
York Times 9/28/99
- First
Lady criticizes Giuliani stand on
art. Washington
Post 9/28/99
- Brooklyn
Museum strikes back at mayor by suing
him on first amendment issues. Mayor responds by holding back
payment to museum, due this week. New
York Times 9/29/99
- New
York mayor accuses Brooklyn Museum of
conspiring with auction house to raise the value of works in
controversial show. New
York Times 9/30/99
- Legal
experts give Giuliani little chance
in Brooklyn dispute MSNBC
(Reuters) 10/1/99
- US
Senate approves measure barring federal
funds from Brooklyn Museum Washington
Post 9/30/99
- BROOKLYN
SHOW FINALLY OPENS and New York's
cultural leaders troop to the opening to see it. New
York Times 10/1/99
- Police
arrest man for throwing manure at
museum. I was protesting, he tells them CBC
10/1/99
- Is
everybody happy? Of course they are - Rudy Giuliani spent
his Sunday on the talk shows explaining the meaning of "mayoral
duty" while lines to get in the Brooklyn Museum's controversial
show snaked outside the door.
New York Times 10/4/99
- Overflow
crowds/protesters handing out barf bags
CBC 10/4/99
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HOUSE
BROKEN: US House passes resolution calling for end of
federal funding for Brooklyn Museum.
Washington Post 10/5/99
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ALL
IN THE TIMING: Museum charges that Rudy Giuliani knew
about contents of Brooklyn show in July but raised no objections.
New York Times 10/5/99
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Rocker
David Bowie intends to put all 141
of the "Sensation" artworks online at www.davidbowie.com.
MSNBC 10/5/99
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"SENSATIONAL"
EDUCATION: Brooklyn Museum wants to ensure that once you're
inside the show you understand it.
New York Times 10/8/99
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TAKING
SIDES: Screen Actors Guild condemns Giuliani/ candidate
Bush backs him. Dung dancers unite. Backstage
10/8/99
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BROOKLYN
MUSEUM GOES TO FEDERAL COURT Friday charging New York
Mayor Rudy Giuliani with violating the institution's 1st amendment
rights. NPR Morning
Edition 10/8/99 [Real
Audio clip]
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OPENING
ARGUMENTS: The Brooklyn Museum was in court Friday opposing
New York Mayor Giuliani - decision expected late next week.
New York Times 10/9/99
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BREAKING
RANKS: Giuliani keeps a tight check on members of his
administration, but his commissioner of culture speaks out
(politely) on the Brooklyn Museum debacle.
New York Times 10/9/99
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AT
WHAT COST? Controversial show Brooklyn Museum show was
largely financed by those who stood to gain from promoting
artists in the show.
New York Times 10/31/99 (registration
required for access)
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New
York mayor attacks judge on ruling. NYT
11/3/99
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JUDGE
TO GIULIANI: Hands off the Brooklyn Museum. "There
is no federal constitutional issue more grave than the effort
by government officials to censor works of expression and
to threaten the vitality of a major cultural institution as
punishment for failing to abide by governmental demands for
orthodoxy." Giuliani calls decision "kneejerk."
New York Times 11/2/99
AND: Toronto
Globe and Mail story,
Washington
Post story 11/2/99
PREVIOUSLY:
FEDERAL
JUDGE ORDERS New York City to resume funding of Brooklyn
Museum in ruling delivered Monday morning.
CBC 11/1/99
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HOPE
ALL THOSE T's ARE CROSSED: New York City attorneys say
they'll closely examine Brooklyn Museum's funding arrangements
with sponsors of controversial "Sensations" show.
Meanwhile, more support for museum from city arts institutions.
New York Times 11/4/99 (registration
required for access)
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DEFENDING
THE BROOKLYN: Judge's ruling in favor of museum Monday
wasn't a surprise, but museums gave a sigh of relief anyway.
Museum went too far with private collectors, but that's just
the way things are.
New York Times 11/3/99
(registration required
for access)
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CANCELLATION
SENSATION: Australia's National Gallery of Art cancels
planned visit of the infamous "Sensation" show.
Sydney Morning Herald
11/29/99
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And:
New
York Times account
12/1/99
The
Issues
Background/Analysis
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CORPORATE
ROCK: Metropolitan Museum opens latest in long line of
corporate shows - Tommy Hilfiger brings you rock music outfits.
But the Met is unlikely to get dinged like the Brooklyn Museum
- the Met is more openly corrupt with sponsorships than its
brother across the river. Hey, get real, that's the only way
museums can afford to get expensive stuff inside its walls.
Slate 12/8/99
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THE
STYLE AND GLAMOUR INDUSTRY: Nothing shocking or particularly
sensational about it. It's High Art Lite - how the YBA's recast
high art in the 1990s and made it a fashion industry of the
most cynical variety. LA
Weekly 12/9/99
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FROM
ARTSPEAK TO NOW: Critic Matthew Collings' new book pierces
the veil of artspeak and looks at the rituals, silliness,
gossip and integrity of the art world. Salon
12/1/99
And:
Laurence
Jarvik talks with Collings, who explains why the Young
British Artists have caused such a sensation on both sides
of the Atlantic.
The Idler 12/1/99
- TOPPING
THE YBA: Young British Artists might have caused a sensation
in Brooklyn, but on the eve of this year's Turner Prize announcement,
signs that the YBA's have been absorbed into the wider London
art world. New York
Times 11/30/99 (one
time registration required)
- ANDREW
ROSS AND AMY ADLER talk about "Sensation." Artforum
11/99
- SIZING
UP "SENSATION": Rarely has an art show had so
many reluctant champions. New
York Times 10/24/99
- CHAMPION
OF CONTROVERSIAL ART: Legendary arts educator Philip Yenawine
says the professional art world has failed the public and themselves.
Brooklyn brawl is all too sadly familiar. Salon
10/25/99
- CROSSFIRE:
Schuyler Chapin, New York's commissioner of culture, is caught
between a peeved mayor and arts supporters clamoring for Chapin's
support in the Brooklyn Museum debacle.
New York Times 10/20/99
(registration required
to access)
- HIT
THE ROAD? If the City of New York does succeed in its threat
to evict the Brooklyn Museum from its city-owned home, the Museum,
which owns the second-largest collection of art in the US, could
theoretically pack up its artwork and go somewhere else.
New York Times 10/21/99 (registration
required to access)
- NEO-CONCEPTUALISTS
WHO SHOCK: The Young British Artists have been going for
the jugular for years. Every movement needs a history. New
York Times 10/14/99
- THE
PAGEANT OF CONTROVERSY: Jacob Weisberg riffs on a well-staged
drama. New York Times
Magazine 10/10/99
- Meet
Chris Ofili - British artist at the
center of the controversy. NYT
9/28/99
- The
Elephant dung crowd:
Having trouble understanding the YBA's (Young British Artists)
that give New York Mayors fits? Last year the Atlantic Monthly
wrote a primer on why these artists are hot and just what's
the appeal. Atlantic
Monthly 11/98
- Just
a thug: The LA Times' Christopher
Knight weighs in on New York's Rudy Giuliani. Los
Angeles Times 10/1/99
- So
what did you expect? The show is called
"Sensation" after all. Philadelphia
Inquirer 9/30/99
- How
Charles Saatchi and money called the
shots on a "lousy" show New
York Observer 9/30/99
- The
directors of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art and the Museum of Modern Art weigh in on the Giuliani/Brooklyn
Museum flap with similar statements. Bob Herbert criticizes.
New
York Times 9/27/99
- E-memos
between culturals reveal confusion,
timidity NYT
9/29/99
- A
"shabby connivance" is what the museum's perpetrated.
Washington Post 10/4/99
- Some
political analysis for Mr. Mayor
NYT 10/1/99
- Brooklyn
Preview: Brooklyn Museum director Arnold Lehman's actions
while he was director of the Baltimore Museum of Art give some
big clues about how he's dealing with Rudy Giuliani.
Baltimore Sun 10/3/99
- Cut-up
cows are tame stuff compared to grotesque biological exhibits
of the past. NYT
10/5/99
- Exploring
links between art and controversy.
Baltimore Sun 10/11/99
- Sifting
through the hype. Chicago
Tribune 10/11/99
Related
controversies
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DETROIT
MUSEUM DEFENDS CLOSING DOWN SHOW: Anatomically-correct
doll of Jesus wearing a condom is "offensive," say
museum officials. Says artist: "I hear `postpone,' I
hear `select and edit': I hear `censorship.' " Boston
Globe 11/24/99
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AND:
SENSATIONAL
FALLOUT: The Detroit Institute of Arts shuts down a show
only two days after opening out of fears of "offending
the community." The artist is crying censorship. New
York Times 11/23/99 (one
time registration required)
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AND:
Closing
show was new director's first official act since taking
over. Detroit News
11/19/99
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And:
Detroit
museum director was former director of LA County Museum
- had refused to book "Sensation" show there.
Los Angeles Times 11/24/99
- Parallels
in Miami: An earlier controversy has similarities
New York Times 10/23/99
- HARTFORD
HAS ITS OWN "BROOKLYN": Familiar reruns on the
Art Controversy Network. Why do these things always seem to
play out the same way? Hartford
Courant 10/17/99
- ARTIST
PROTEST: Tuesday, artists hung a giant "censored"
sign over a billboard promoting the arts in Hartford after city
officials pulled a piece of artwork from a show at a public
gallery. Hartford Courant
10/20/99
- Hartford
city officials will decide next week
if they will allow a show by a Montana artist to go on. Some
of the pieces in the show "could be interpreted as representing
sexual organs. Hartford
Courant 10/1/99
- Canadian
artist's work banned from show: No
dung - it's a robe made of maxi-pad feminine hygiene products.
It's not offensive to me, says official, but it might be for
others. Toronto
Globe and Mail 9/30/99
- Cries
of censorship and naiveté swirl around
a Halifax show of photographs of Tibet. Does photographer have
the right to his own captions? Globe
and Mail 9/30/99
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