The Critic - with Harry Tafoya

Art and music critic Harry Tafoya joins us this week to get to the bottom of it all-
 
We take a look at a recent New York Times article by art critic Holland Cotter on the Titian show at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to explore why museums and critics might feel the need to frame art from the past through a contemporary political lens, especially when it doesn't need to. Is it productive,  cynical, or just completely clueless?

Is it possible to show reverence for art on social media?
Can art save us in an increasingly atomized world?
Have we forgotten how to FEEL and LOOK at art? Did we ever even know?
Are museums still able to fulfill their role as places for understanding art?  What is the responsibility of the critic in all of this?

-Harry on getting blocked by Jerry Saltz.
-Alice Neel at the MET.
-The ability to still appreciate troubling and difficult art.
-Harry talks about me and my recent paintings- AM I THE HORSE???
-Alex Katz, the painter as "wife guy" and romantic obsession in painting.
-How male painters are all THOTS,  and painting is their sexual release. 

PLUS: Harry tries to get me to start an OnlyFans, Ryan Trecartin and tik-tok influencers, Taylor Swift,  Joy Division, Lil' Nas X and gay rappers,  Sylvia Plath and so much more.

SIDE NOTE:
Throughout the episode we repeatedly make reference to Harry's Instagram  @gaykatemoss. Sadly, after the recording of this episode Harry's account got nuked. You can now find Harry on Instagram at @harrytafoya and on Twitter at @gaykatemoss

LINKS:
Holland Cotter on Titian at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum:  
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/arts/design/titian-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-review.html?referringSource=articleShare

Ryan Trecartin, Center Jenny (2013)

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