Pauline Boty: I Am the Sixties, an hour-long documentary about Britain’s first woman pop artist, is now available to watch via BBC iPlayer. Marilyn inspired several artworks by Boty, including ‘The Only Blonde in the World’ (shown above.) Another 1962 painting, ‘Epitaph to Something’s Gotta Give’, was sold for £1,310,500 at Christie’s in 2024. You can read more about Marilyn’s influence on Pauline here.
“The first TV documentary about pop art sensation Pauline Boty, tracking the artist’s original contribution to British art, her feminism and her unique take on the nascent celebrity culture of the 1960s. Ahead of her time in so many ways, Boty’s story ends with her tragic early death at 28 in 1966 and the subsequent revival of interest in her work in the last decade.
Packed full of original photographs and art work, the film calls on an array of family, friends, art critics and famous fans to lead us through the Boty story. Contributors include pop art titan Sir Peter Blake, comedian and artist Jim Moir, critic Kate Bryan, best friend and print designer Natalie Gibson MBE, pop singers Corrine Drewery and Tanita Tikaram and TV presenter Ronnie Archer Morgan.”
The Marilyn Report 