‘The Collaboration’ review — Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope resurrect Warhol and Basquiat
And then the actual play starts up, about the titular artistic partnership Basquiat and Warhol formed in the 1980s. It can best be described as a perfect example of Warhol’s artistic philosophy, as he states it in the script: “Why can’t it just be about nothing?”
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