Nobody tells them what to think. The show didn't cause any craziness in London. I thought it was a successful show. It was engaging and held one's attention. The issue of penalizing a museum for a politician's reaction to one painting out of a large exhibition strikes Chris as ludicrous.
Art funding is always so meager anyway.
Giuliani probably spent more money painting the new crosswalks in midtown Manhattan. I talked to a couple of young women who'd just seen the exhibition. But, of course, I work for a museum myself. Her friend, Kate Knieser, is a junior high teacher in Manhattan. But no, I wouldn't think my junior high are ready for it.