ART

A controversial Robert Mapplethorpe photography exhibit canceled by the Corcoran Gallery of Art has been booked into the Washington Project for the Arts July 21 through Aug. 13, pending resolution of final details. Corcoran officials pulled the exhibit, which includes sadomasochistic and sexual images, to avoid exacerbating a congressional battle over National Endowment for the Arts funding. WPA Director Jock Reynolds is not worried about showing “Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment.” “I’m very confident that when people see the show itself, a lot of these issues are going to die down,” Reynolds said.