TOMORROW’S GIRL
Alice Rawsthorn celebrates Pauline Boty in The Guardian, June 2004 [link]
MICHAEL BRACEWELL ON PAULINE BOTY
British writer and novelist Michael Bracewell discusses “The Only Blonde In The World”, 2007 [link]
DREAM ON
How the left got trapped inside their own heads – and how fairies can open the door to the future, by Adam Curtis at bbc.co.uk, October 2011 [link]
PAULINE BOTY, THE ANTI-UGLIES AND BOWATER HOUSE IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE
From “Another Nickel in the Machine” blog, February 2013 [link]
PAULINE BOTY: LIFE AND WORKS – IN PICTURES
Image gallery, guardian.com, April 2013 [link]
MYSTERY OF MISSING ART OF PAULINE BOTY
By Robin Stummer for The Observer, April 2013 [link]
PAULINE BOTY: THE MARGINALISED ARTIST OF BRITISH POP ART IS ENJOYING A REVIVAL
By Adrian Hamilton at independent.co.uk, December 2013 [link]
PAULINE BOTY AT PALLANT HOUSE
By Eleanor Birne for London Review of Books, February 2014 [link]
PAULINE BOTY AND DYLAN’S FIRST UK VISIT
By John Hughes for “Expecting Rain” blog, 2014 [link]
POP GO THE WOMEN: THE OTHER STORY OF POP ART: A CULTURE SHOW SPECIAL
BBC2 documentary, first broadcast May 2014.
“In this Culture Show special, Alistair Sooke tracks down the forgotten women artists of pop, finding many of them are still alive and working, their art and their stories ripe for rediscovery. Artists featured include Pauline Boty, Marisol, Rosalyn Drexler, Idelle Weber, Letty Lou Eisenhauer and Jann Haworth” from the BBC website [link]
PAUL MELLON LECTURE | “PAINTING SENSATIONS: PAULINE BOTY/BRIDGET RILEY”
By Thomas Crow at Lecture Hall, Yale Center for British Art, 4 April 2017.
Includes an analysis of Boty’s involvement with and inspiration for John Schlesinger’s films “Billy Liar” and “Darling”, both starring Julie Christie [from about 15 minutes in] [link]
ANTENNA: REMEMBERING THE BRIT-POP BARDOT
Meredith Etherington-Smith pays tribute to Pauline Boty. Christies.com, November 2017 [link]
THE BLAZING COMET THAT WAS PAULINE BOTY
Ali Smith describes how she came to discover the life and work of ‘the first female pioneer of the British Pop art movement’. Christies.com, June 2018 [link]
PAULINE BOTY: THE ONLY FEMALE FOUNDER OF BRITISH POP ART
By Gino Spocchia in The Telegraph, November 2018 [link]
OVERLOOKED NO MORE: PAULINE BOTY, REBELLIOUS POP ARTIST
“Part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.”
By Karen Rosenberg in The New York Times, November 20 2019 [link]
PAULINE BOTY AT THE ART STORY
An assessment of Pauline Boty’s work by academics and art historians including detailing her Accomplishments, Important Art and Legacy [link]
A BRIEF LOOK AT PAULINE BOTY AND BRITISH POP ART
By Sarah Jackson, Communications Officer at Pallant House Gallery at Art UK, the online home for public art collections in the UK, March 8 2021 [link]
“OH, MARILYN!” TALK ON THE LEGACY OF PAULINE BOTY WITH ALI SMITH AND SUE TATE
Panel discussion around the history of art during the 60s wave of female emancipation in the UK and US and its impact on the arts, in particular the legacy of exhibiting artist Pauline Boty. Panellists: Ali Smith (CBE FRSL Award-Winning Author) and Dr Sue Tate (Author of Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman). Gazelli Art House, February 25, 2022.
An audio recording with accompanying images is available here [link]
PAULINE BOTY: COLLAGE INTO STAINED GLASS – A POP ART APPROACH
By Dr Sue Tate for The Stained Glass Museum. The talk explores the relationship between the mediums of collage and stained glass and place both in the wider context of Boty’s whole oeuvre and contribution to Pop. November 2 2023 [link]
PANEL DISCUSSION AND READINGS AT “PAULINE BOTY: A PORTRAIT” EXHIBITION
Readings by Nell Dunn from her book Talking to Women and reminiscences of her friendship with Boty, with commentary by panellists Dr Sue Tate (Freelance Art Historian) and Prof. Lynda Nead FB, moderated by Louisa Buck (Art Critic). Gazelli Art House, January 23, 2024 [link]
THE TALK OF CARSHALTON: PAULINE BOTY’S PRESENCE
Rosemary Hill reviews “Pauline Boty: British Pop Art’s Sole Sister” by Marc Kristal and “Pauline Boty: A Portrait” published by Gazelli Art House for the London Review of Books. July 4, 2024 [link]
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE SWINGING SIXTIES
Originally broadcast on Radio 4 on August 20, 2024, it features clips of Pauline Boty alongside other contributors including Mary Quant and The Beatles from “The Public Ear”, a fortnightly programme on culture and entertainment Boty co-presented, including her thoughts on the popularity of romantic fiction!
The programme is currently available on BBC Sounds here: [link]
SIMON SCHAMA’S STORY OF US
Originally broadcast on BBC2 on January 8, 2025, the first episode includes a section on Pauline Boty alongside footage from Gazelli Art House’s exhibition and additional insights from Ali Smith.
Further information is available here: [link]
BOTY: I AM THE SIXTIES
First broadcast on BBC4 on March 3, 2025, the first TV documentary on Pauline Boty tracks her original contribution to British art, her feminism and unique take on the nascent celebrity culture of the 1960’s.
The programme is now available on iPlayer here: [link]
WORDS AROUND PAULINE BOTY
Natalie Gibson talks about her friendship with Pauline Boty for Lauren Laverne on Radio 6.
The programme is available on BBC Sounds, with the section on Pauline starting at about 2:08:50 [link]
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