The people of New York and Brooklyn are the losers. The use of obscenity is an infantile cheap and easy trick to receive attention and attract audience, not an acclaimed long-term program of museums for community outreach and arts education that residents and taxpayers should enjoy. Pity the museum's Board of Directors, who are ultimately responsible for its survival. The U.S. Senate called for the end to federal funding for the museum. The city also owns the building.
Artists often confuse the right to create with the privilege to show.
Should the art leave the studio and enter the public domain, it would then be governed by community values rather than individual freedom. Each venue must be allowed to reject those works that unduly offend the values of its patrons. It is unfair for one group to be held hostage by one individual. At issue, is the question of choosing an appropriate venue. This is not a First Amendment rights issue.