WHEN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER IS ALL THAT COUNTS.(MAIN)

Byline: GEORGE WILL

WASHINGTON -- Here. We. Go. Again.

The Brooklyn Museum of Art, like an infant squalling for adult attention, specializes in the naughtiness of the untalented. Two years ago it put on ``Sensation,'' an exhibition of the works of young British artists -- average age, 35 -- including the portrait of the Virgin Mary splattered with elephant dung. The marketing campaign for the exhibit included a mock -- and mocking -- government health warning that the works of art might cause ``vomiting, confusion, panic, euphoria and anxiety.''

It was supposed to cause, and did cause, a political tempest about the use of public funds for exhibitions offensive to a portion of …