Whoa- The Brooklyn Museum just emailed to say they've cancelled their version of Moca's Art in the Streets show- it was scheduled for Spring 2012. They're saying it's because money is short- but I can't help think everyone destroying downtown LA the last few months shook them up and scared them off doing the show. Their message:

Brooklyn Museum Withdraws from Art in the Streets Exhibition

Brooklyn, New York--June 21, 2011. The Brooklyn Museum has canceled the spring 2012 presentation of Art in the Streets, the first major United States museum exhibition of the history of graffiti and street art. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, where it is currently on view at The Geffen Contemporary through August 8, 2011, the exhibition had been scheduled at the Brooklyn Museum from March 30 through July 8, 2012.

"This is an exhibition about which we were tremendously enthusiastic, and which would follow appropriately in the path of our Basquiat and graffiti exhibitions in 2005 and 2006, respectively. It is with regret, therefore, that the cancellation became necessary due to the current financial climate. As with most arts organizations throughout the country, we have had to make several difficult choices since the beginning of the economic downturn three years ago," states Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman."