MUSEUMS TAKING THE SAFE ROAD?
Submitted by Tommer on June 1, 2009
In the Washington Post
At the height of the Brooklyn Museum’s “Sensation” scandal in 1999, Arnold Lehman wore a bulletproof vest. The museum director also avoided taking the subway, regularly changed his route to and from work, and avoided appearing at rallies in support of the controversial exhibition of contemporary art. Because of public and media outrage at a handful of paintings, including one of the Virgin Mary that some Catholics thought was offensive, Lehman had been advised that his life was in danger.