Source: The Boston Globe

On February 16, 2001, The Boston Globe reported on conflicts between New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The mayor is upset with the museum "for displaying a painting of an African Virgin Mary decorated with elephant dung." and more recently "a color photograph that parodies the Last Supper with a naked woman, her arms outstretched, standing in the center of the picture instead of Jesus." Guiliani says he is offended by the images, which he considers "anti-Catholic." The debate continues about the appropriateness of images which might be offensive being shown in a publicly funded museum.