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Gowanus: Ex-Prisoners Not Welcome Here Handled Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2014 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/16 pages • Vol. 37, No. 38 • September 19–25, 2014 • FREE THE MUSEUM MAN Brooklyn Museum’s longtime director looks back before exit By Matthew Perlman But his tenure has rarely been free The Brooklyn Paper of controversy. The fall of 1999 marked The outgoing Brooklyn Museum the opening of “Sensation,” the now- director has a piece of advice for his legendary exhibition of contemporary successor: march in the West Indian British artists that included Chris Ofi- American Day Parade. li’s mixed-media painting “Holy Vir- Arnold Lehman is retiring after 17 gin Mary,” which used elephant dung years spent trying to make sure that and cut-up pieces of pornography to the borough’s biggest art collection at- depict the biblical figure. The painting tracted everyday Brooklynites while drew the ire of then-Mayor Rudolph also maintaining its reputation as a Giuliani, a Catholic, who, not having world-class institution. How he bal- seen the exhibit, responded by pull- anced the two missions sometimes gar- ing the museum’s $7 million in city nered him criticism, but his experience funding and trying to evict it. Leh- marching in the Labor Day parade up man sued the mayor and ultimately Eastern Parkway during his first day won the subsequent political and legal on the job reminded him of who he battle that drew worldwide attention, was going to work for, he said. cementing his cred as a free-speech “It gave me a sense of how diverse defender and doubling the museum’s of a community it is,” Lehman said, previous single-day attendance record sitting at his desk in front of a paint- photo File in the process . ing by French artist Jean Dubuffet. The “Sensation” show in 1999, which pitted Lehman against then- “Not only did it introduce those art- “Every few blocks the community Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, was the talk of the city. ists to a broad American public — it changes.” showed that this museum would stand The world outside his office win- to patronize and enjoy it,” he said. ple to eat, drink, dance, and check up for what it believed in,” he said. dow has informed how he does his Lehman took the helm at the insti- out art and artifacts they might oth- Later exhibits about hip-hop, graf- job ever since, he said. tution in 1997 and, two years later, erwise never see. fiti, and “Star Wars” brought Lehman “It’s the community’s museum. began the free First Saturday promo- “We were saying, ‘It’s your place, under fire from the same elite art world Photo by Jason Speakman They’re the taxpayers. You want ev- tion, opening up the museum on the and for the evening, it’s yours,’ ” Le- he defended in the “Sensation” fight. Brooklyn Museum director Arnold Lehman is stepping down from eryone who is part of that community first Saturday of every month for peo- hman said. See MUSEUM on page 12 his post next year, having served in the role since 1997. Also, the museum doubles down on its lation “The Dinner Party” as a centerpiece. commitment to showing local artists with the show “Open House: Working in Brook- 2011: ‘Raw/Cooked’ series starts Lehman’s legacy: A retrospective lyn,” featuring 200 of them. The museum starts giving lesser-known Brooklyn artists solo shows as part of a re- By Matthew Perlman building it has occupied since 1897. 2005: ‘Basquiat’ curring series. The Museum’s The Brooklyn Paper Lehman responds with a federal lawsuit and 2012: Dance ultimately forces Giuliani to back off. first solo show of When he steps down in mid-2015, Ar- the work of native son parties called nold Lehman will have spent 18 years as 2000: ‘Hip-Hop Nation’ Jean-Michel Basquiat off director of the Brooklyn Museum. In that An exhibition of artifacts and memora- (right). The museum calls time he has pushed boundaries, fended bilia makes the case for rap representing a off the dance parties off controversy, and reached out to new major cultural shift in America and world- 2006: Graffiti that had been taking audiences. Here is an expertly curated wide. Some in the museum world criticize A graffiti exhibi- place on First Satur- timeline to help guide you through Leh- the show as not befit- tion and a rejiggering days because, draw- man’s legacy. ting the museum, but of how curators work ing crowds as big the huge attendance it together — separat- as 20,000 in warm 1997: Lehman takes the director job attracts convinces Le- ing the department weather, they had Lehman’s first official act is to march in hman he is onto some- into two groups, one for exhibitions and gotten too big to the West Indian American Day Parade, an thing. one for permanent collections, rather than handle. experience he says impressed upon him the the subject specialty divisions seen in most need to make the museum a place for all of 2002: ‘Star Wars’ institutions — draws potshots from the likes 2013: Saul opens the borough’s people. Another big-draw of Metropolitan Museum of Art chairman The Michelin-starred restaurant Saul opens exhibition (right) is George Goldner. off of the museum’s Great Hall, giving vis- 1999: First Saturdays begin met with hand-wring- The Manhattan arts bigwig tells the New itors a place to take a load off and munch Recognizing the old adage that the best ing from high-society York Times the pop shows are “razzamatazz” some gourmet eats as they contemplate all things in life are free, the Brooklyn Museum types. and compares the curatorial shift to forc- they’ve seen. starts opening its doors to all — and offer- ing medical specialists to leave their depart- ing cash bars — on the first Saturday of ev- 2004: A grand ments . 2014: Going out with a bang ery month. entrance The museum takes a less controversial stand The building’s new glass pavilion opens 2007: Sackler for freedom of speech, showcasing dissident Fall 1999: ‘Sensation’ didn’t help, either). and the plaza’s fountains are unveiled, ending Center opens Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s work, then stretches The exhibition’s elephant-dung-and-vulva- The mayor, a Catholic, not having seen the a three-year, $63-million renovation. An entire wing de- the limits of the rotunda with a 60-foot-tall tree laden painting of the biblical Mary (at right) exhibit, pulls the museum’s funding, which Coinciding with the big reveal is the muse- voted to feminist art installation by Gowanus artist Swoon . gets Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s goat, big-time constitutes nearly a third of its $23-million bud- um’s change to its current name, from “Brook- opens with Judy Chi- In early September, Lehman announces (the dismembered animal carcasses probably get, and tries to evict it from the city-owned lyn Museum of Art.” cago’s massive instal- he will retire in mid-2015. Gowanus: Ex-prisoners not welcome here handled. Plans for parole headquarters get icy reception at meeting The pledge did not set coun- GOWANUS DEVELOPER cilman and gun control advo- By Noah Hurowitz STRIKES A CLEAN-UP DEAL cate Brad Lander (D–Gow- The Brooklyn Paper SEE PAGE 2 anus) at ease. Their sentence is life with pa- “I don’t want 120 armed peace role. officers in the neighborhood!” Dozens of Gowanus residents “You can’t say this will make the hand from the Department of Lander yelled. turned out to a community meet- neighborhood safe. It already is Corrections and Community Su- Nor did the crowd seem mol- ing on Monday night to lambast a safe neighborhood. This will pervision, which oversees parol- lified when one prison spokes- representatives of the state prison absolutely change that.” ees, apologized for the way out- woman said the only major inci- system for keeping secret plans The facility under construc- reach has been handled but made dent she has experienced was in to consolidate all of Brooklyn’s tion at 15 Second Ave. is on track it clear that the project is moving 2010, when a paroled murderer parole offices into a three-story to open in January, prison reps full speed ahead. As for security shot his parole officer point blank headquarters where Second Av- said at the meeting, but neigh- concerns, they said that former in the Downtown office . enue dead-ends at the Gowanus bors only became aware of it in inmates will be coming to Gow- The prison delegation kept its Canal. Some neighbors said the July, when this paper broke news anus to fill out paperwork, not cool for the most part, but at one 5,000 parolees prison reps said of the plan . to do things that will send them point none of the state officials will be reporting to the new fa- The disclosure came a full year back to jail. present could come up with the cility — 300–400 of them per after the reps said the state inked “People are not going to be name of the building’s owner. day — will inundate the area a contract for the project. The lack coming there with ill intent,” said They shuff led through papers in with crime. of notice infuriated locals. Thomas Herzog, a deputy com- search of a clue but ultimately “This will be bringing an en- “Please give us the respect of missioner in the department. moved on to the next question tirely new element into the neigh- telling us that this is happening to And if somebody does try step- without answering.
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