A new documentary asks whether the Pop Art icon appropriated the work of comic artists. If so, who’s truly to blame?
Nathan Gelgud
Nathan Gelgud is a cartoonist in Los Angeles who makes comics about movies, art, books and sometimes himself for the New York Times, the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books.
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This Is How Succession Should End
Brace yourself for the rise of the Pee Balloon Army.
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Mike Leigh’s BBC Films, Ranked
Leigh’s films are class-conscious, prickly, strange, satirical, and often very funny.
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The Shaggy Appeal of Kurt Vonnegut
A new documentary about Vonnegut prompts memories of first encountering the author.
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The Story of Kunihiko Moriguchi, a Master Kimono Painter
Moriguchi, who studied in Japan and Paris, took the influence of Op art and applied it to the traditional art of kimono painting.
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The Time Godard Called Filmgoers Bourgeois Fascists
Where are the directors taking the stage to acknowledge workers’ demands today?
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The Once-Mystical Energy of San Francisco’s Art and Poetry Scene
Revisiting the work of Jess, Robert Duncan, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who just turned 100 years old.
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How a Film Buff Warmed Up to Manny Farber’s Paintings
The way Farber thought about movies shaped the way I watched movies, which meant he shaped my life, because all I cared about was watching movies.
