New York's art world has rarely been more hazardous than it was this week. A dispute over the content of an exhibit threatened to cost the Brooklyn Museum of Art millions in funding dollars. No shots were fired in the latter case, although police charged the dealer with resisting arrest. It's all in the eye of the beholder. The latest flap in the centuries-old battle over what constitutes art started with Giuliani taking on the braintrust at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Sensation is right.
When the controversial show played London, it drew more than 300,000 visitors eager to glimpse an elephant-dung enhanced picture of the Virgin Mary. The ensuing court battle still goes on. The exhibit is still scheduled to open this weekend. Mary Boone was arrested Wednesday night at her tony Fifth Avenue gallery. A vase filled with 100 live bullets was found by police inside the gallery, sitting on the reception desk.