James Franco's First Solo Art Show Kicks Off at NY's Clocktower Gallery

A return to the questions and confusions of “Is it art because it’s artistic? Or is the output itself irrelevant, but the ‘art’ is born from it being made by a celebrity?” Our brains are frazzled with these sorts of thoughts as the actor-turned-artist James Franco pops back up in the art scene with the opening of his first solo show, “The Dangerous Book Four Boys.” It opened on Wednesday at the Clocktower Gallery, the P.S.1-affiliated