PUBLIC EXPOSURE: A flare-up at the Firehouse Gallery begs the question: When does censorship make sense?

Nothing like an erect penis to get a rise out of people. Especially an — as the daily put it — “impressively tumescent” organ in a public place. Whether in-the-flesh or on the seemingly passive planes of two-dimensional artwork, a single eroticized male nude can cause more consternation than all of art history’s naked ladies…