Thousands of letters, all answered by the museum, have streamed in. Interviewed in his office shortly after the U.S. District Court restored New York City funding to the museum, the always ebullient Lehman was as feisty and combative as his famously scrappy antagonist, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Nothing is outside the practice and standards of museums across the country.
Nothing is unethical.
We are proud of what we've done. It was clear to us that this was an important show to do.