Harry Tafoya

New York

Art and Culture Writer at Freelance

Art Editor-At-Large at PAPER Magazine

Contributor at Pitchfork

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Articles

Barker: Stochastic Drift

1 month ago | pitchfork.com | Harry Tafoya

Like a feather in the wind or the global stock market, all of us are subject to stochastic drift. Originating in advanced statistics, the term refers to the way in which randomness works upon a system, how the trajectory of a line sways as it’s affected by unanticipated events. For Sam Barker, the metaphor of a winding path has been meaningful in recent years.
March's Must-See NYC Art Shows - PAPER Magazine

1 month ago | papermag.com | Harry Tafoya

Arts editor-at-large Harry Tafoya recommends Camille Henrot at Hauser & Wirth, Tyler Mitchell at Gagosian, Hannah Taurins at Theta, Anne Imhof at Park Avenue Armory, Helmut Lang at MAK Center and much more.
Jenny Hval: “To Be a Rose”

2 months ago | pitchfork.com | Harry Tafoya

A good perfumer will have you know that there is nothing simple about a rose. It is a powerful and incredibly mutable scent, one that can be layered endlessly and constituted from many component parts. Its aroma deepens and abstracts from moment to moment, inspiring vastly different impressions than just the raw stuff of its flower.
Jenny Hval: “To Be a Rose”

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Harry Tafoya

David Beckham Says He Had to Help Convince Victoria Beckham to Release Her Own DocuseriesGetting Victoria Beckham to sign on for her upcoming Netflix docuseries was no easy feat — and it was her husband, David Beckham, who convinced her …
The Legendary Tabboo! on JetBlue, Basquiat and Beyoncé

Jan 28, 2025 | flipboard.com | Harry Tafoya

1 hour agoPainter and Drag Legend Tabboo! Puts on One Hell of a ShowTabboo! Tabboo! Tabboo! With its original spelling and self-excited punctuation, the artist and drag legend’s name makes for its own glittering trademark.
Panda Bear / Cindy Lee: “Defense”

Oct 16, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Harry Tafoya

Noah Lennox has spent the better part of the past half-decade as an all-star collaborator, demonstrating just how adaptable his grown-up choirboy falsetto can be over lo-fi, French touch, and mariachi. It’s no surprise, then, that his first solo outing as Panda Bear in five years is about the necessity of having someone in your corner.
Dummy: Free Energy

Sep 10, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Harry Tafoya

In thermodynamics, “free energy” is a measure of available power and spontaneity, how much potential heat and spark can be unleashed in the space of a reaction. Even if it might initially give you some pause to take a physics lesson from a group called Dummy, it’s an apt metaphor for the creative alchemy on the Los Angeles band’s second full-length album. Hard-won originality and explosive release are central to the group’s appeal; its songs are endlessly evocative yet utterly distinct.
1tbsp: megacity1000

Sep 2, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Harry Tafoya

Maxwell Byrne has a Pop artist’s appreciation for ridiculous scale and shiny surfaces. The Brisbane musician frequently complements his tracks with cartoonishly outsized set pieces like a human hamster cage, wonky papier-mâché lightning bolts, or Jurassic Park-style CGI bugs.
Camila Cabello: C,XOXO

Jun 27, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Harry Tafoya

Much of the excitement in mainstream pop these days falls left of center. Chappell Roan took us all to theater camp; Charli XCX painted the club green with Brat. It’s only too easy to view Camila Cabello’s recent reboot as the work of a music establishment clumsily shifting gears to follow in their wake.
'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' at Boston MFA Review - PAPER Magazine

May 30, 2024 | papermag.com | Harry Tafoya

"Hallyu! The Korean Wave" at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts bottles up everything exciting about contemporary Korean culture, to mixed effect.