Legal Opinion
Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences v. City of New York
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 1, 1999No. 99 CV 6071PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion and Order
GERSHON, District Judge.
The Mayor of the City of New York has decided that a number of works in the Brooklyn Museum’s currently showing temporary exhibit “Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection” are “sick” and “disgusting” and, in particular, that one work, a painting entitled “The Holy Virgin Mary” by Chris Ofili, is offensive to Catholics and is an attack on religion. As a result, the City has withheld funds already appropriated to the Museum for operating expenses and maintenance and, in a suit filed in New York State Supreme Court two days after the…
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