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''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' gave the book a favorable review, writing, "Gopnik's exhaustive but stylishly written and entertaining account is Warholian in the best sense—raptly engaged, colorful, open-minded, and slyly ironic."{{Cite web |title=Nonfiction Book Review: Warhol by Blake Gopnik |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-229839-3 |date=November 5, 2019 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=May 8, 2020}}
''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' gave the book a favorable review, writing, "Gopnik's exhaustive but stylishly written and entertaining account is Warholian in the best sense—raptly engaged, colorful, open-minded, and slyly ironic."{{Cite web |title=Nonfiction Book Review: Warhol by Blake Gopnik |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-229839-3 |date=November 5, 2019 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=May 8, 2020}}


Writing for ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', [[Gary Indiana]] panned the book, calling it "elephantine, ill-written, nearly insensible".{{cite magazine|last=Indiana|first=Gary|date=June 2020|title=Always Leave Them Wanting Less|url=https://harpers.org/archive/2020/06/always-leave-them-wanting-less-andy-warhol/|magazine=[[Harper's Magazine]]|access-date=17 January 2024}}
Writing for ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', [[Gary Indiana (writer)|Gary Indiana]] panned the book, calling it "elephantine, ill-written, nearly insensible".{{cite magazine|last=Indiana|first=Gary|date=June 2020|title=Always Leave Them Wanting Less|url=https://harpers.org/archive/2020/06/always-leave-them-wanting-less-andy-warhol/|magazine=[[Harper's Magazine]]|access-date=17 January 2024}}


The book was also reviewed by [[Waldemar Januszczak]] in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'',{{Cite news |title=Warhol by Blake Gopnik review — the truth about the pop art pioneer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/warhol-by-blake-gopnik-review-the-truth-about-the-pop-art-pioneer-9tsjjlzhd |last=Januszczak |first=Waldemar |author-link=Waldemar Januszczak |date=February 16, 2020 |website=[[The Sunday Times]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-access=subscription}} [[Lucy Sante]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'',{{Cite web |title=Andy Warhol, Superstar |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/books/review/warhol-blake-gopnik.html |last=Sante |first=Lucy |author-link=Lucy Sante |date=May 3, 2020 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 8, 2020}} [[Kathryn Hughes]] in ''[[The Guardian]]'',{{Cite web |title=Warhol by Blake Gopnik review – sex, religion and overtaking Picasso |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/22/warhol-life-in-art-blake-gopnik |last=Hughes |first=Kathryn |author-link=Kathryn Hughes |date=February 22, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=May 8, 2020}} [[Stephen Metcalf (writer)|Stephen Metcalf]] in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',{{Cite web |title=Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits a great life |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-04-22/review-blake-gopnik-andy-warhol-biography |last=Metcalf |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Metcalf (writer) |date=April 22, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 9, 2020}} [[Roger Lewis (biographer)|Roger Lewis]] in ''[[The Times]]'',{{Cite news |title=Warhol: A Life as Art by Blake Gopnik review — the triumph of a tiny talent |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/warhol-a-life-as-art-by-blake-gopnik-review-the-triumph-of-a-tiny-talent-z0blft7p5 |last=Lewis |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Lewis (biographer) |date=February 15, 2020 |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=May 9, 2020 |url-access=subscription}} [[Dominic Green (writer and musician)|Dominic Green]] in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'',{{Cite web |title='Warhol' Review: Nothing Like the Real Thing |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/warhol-review-nothing-like-the-real-thing-11587136581 |last=Green |first=Dominic |author-link=Dominic Green (writer and musician) |date=April 20, 2020 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=May 9, 2020 |url-access=subscription}} and Paul Alexander in ''[[The Washington Post]]''.{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Paul|date=17 April 2020|title='Warhol' paints the Pop Art icon as the most influential artist of the 20th century|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/warhol-paints-the-pop-art-icon-as-the-most-influential-artist-of-the-20th-century/2020/04/15/664124e8-7db4-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html|url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419014114/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/warhol-paints-the-pop-art-icon-as-the-most-influential-artist-of-the-20th-century/2020/04/15/664124e8-7db4-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html|archive-date=19 April 2020|access-date=10 August 2023|url-access=limited}}
The book was also reviewed by [[Waldemar Januszczak]] in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'',{{Cite news |title=Warhol by Blake Gopnik review — the truth about the pop art pioneer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/warhol-by-blake-gopnik-review-the-truth-about-the-pop-art-pioneer-9tsjjlzhd |last=Januszczak |first=Waldemar |author-link=Waldemar Januszczak |date=February 16, 2020 |website=[[The Sunday Times]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-access=subscription}} [[Lucy Sante]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'',{{Cite web |title=Andy Warhol, Superstar |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/books/review/warhol-blake-gopnik.html |last=Sante |first=Lucy |author-link=Lucy Sante |date=May 3, 2020 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 8, 2020}} [[Kathryn Hughes]] in ''[[The Guardian]]'',{{Cite web |title=Warhol by Blake Gopnik review – sex, religion and overtaking Picasso |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/22/warhol-life-in-art-blake-gopnik |last=Hughes |first=Kathryn |author-link=Kathryn Hughes |date=February 22, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=May 8, 2020}} [[Stephen Metcalf (writer)|Stephen Metcalf]] in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',{{Cite web |title=Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits a great life |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-04-22/review-blake-gopnik-andy-warhol-biography |last=Metcalf |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Metcalf (writer) |date=April 22, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 9, 2020}} [[Roger Lewis (biographer)|Roger Lewis]] in ''[[The Times]]'',{{Cite news |title=Warhol: A Life as Art by Blake Gopnik review — the triumph of a tiny talent |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/warhol-a-life-as-art-by-blake-gopnik-review-the-triumph-of-a-tiny-talent-z0blft7p5 |last=Lewis |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Lewis (biographer) |date=February 15, 2020 |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=May 9, 2020 |url-access=subscription}} [[Dominic Green (writer and musician)|Dominic Green]] in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'',{{Cite web |title='Warhol' Review: Nothing Like the Real Thing |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/warhol-review-nothing-like-the-real-thing-11587136581 |last=Green |first=Dominic |author-link=Dominic Green (writer and musician) |date=April 20, 2020 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=May 9, 2020 |url-access=subscription}} and Paul Alexander in ''[[The Washington Post]]''.{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Paul|date=17 April 2020|title='Warhol' paints the Pop Art icon as the most influential artist of the 20th century|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/warhol-paints-the-pop-art-icon-as-the-most-influential-artist-of-the-20th-century/2020/04/15/664124e8-7db4-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html|url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419014114/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/warhol-paints-the-pop-art-icon-as-the-most-influential-artist-of-the-20th-century/2020/04/15/664124e8-7db4-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html|archive-date=19 April 2020|access-date=10 August 2023|url-access=limited}}
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