Queens Art Leader Rejects Giuliani Decency Commission

The Mayor attacked the new Brooklyn Museum exhibition in which the figure of Christ at the Last Supper is replaced by a naked black woman.
Giuliani believes that a decency commission should be impaneled to judge whether an art work deserves to be shown in public in museums funded by the City of New York.
Friedman said his CIG group probably wont issue a statement on the Mayors comments.
"After all," he said, "the Mayor hasnt done anything yet. It differs from his threat to withdraw funds when the Brooklyn Museum displayed the Sensations exhibit."
Friedman said that Giuliani has the right to "rethink the Citys partnership with museums it funds if, over the long haul, he finds its exhibits are distasteful, or on balance, he finds the exhibits are anti-Catholic or anti-Jewish.
As far as the Mayors proposed decency commission is concerned, Friedman opined:
"What will the commission do and what powers will it have?"
Friedman noted that 10 years ago the City withdrew funding from the Queens Botanical Garden because of its operations.
"They regrouped and improved their performance and the City resumed its funding," Friedman recalled.
The Giuliani tirade against the Brooklyn Museum drew sharp criticism from the media on Tuesday.