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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt spend £1 million on Banksy work
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are well known for adopting orphans, but the Hollywood couple have proved they also have a keen eye for modern art.
The glamourous pair managed to shell out a whopping £1 million on works by British "guerilla artist" Banksy at a contemporary art sale in London last night.
The extraordinary auction at the Lazarides Gallery in Soho saw works worth an estimated £10 million by artists including Damien Hirst go under the hammer. Scroll down for more...
Angelina Jolie, seen here picking up her son Maddox from this school in New York, was not at the London sale but a Banksy will now be winging its way to her and partner Brad Pitt
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"Brangelina" were not there in person but still managed to nab the Banksy piece, with its huge pricetag.
Other celebrity buyers included Hollywood's leading exponent of British art, Dennis Hopper, as well as Ashley Olsen, Paul Young and Sean Pertwee.
Hollywood's champion of British art, Dennis Hopper was one of several celebrity buyers
After the sale, there was little reverence shown for the works involved despite their purchasers.
They were loaded onto a scruffy truck parked up in the back streets, and the only clue to their worth was the presence of security guards.
Power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie splashed £1 million on work by Banksy
The auction catalogue included three new Hirsts, a Basquiat priced at £800,000, and three Andy Warhols.
One of the Hirsts was a spot and spin painting entitled: "Beautiful Lazarides Inc Auction Spinny Thingy Where Will It All End, Money For Old Rope, But This You B****r, Its Got Kline Blue Bloody Splashes In It For F***'s Sake, Love You Really Painting (with xxxxx)."
The auction at The Shadow Lounge was organised by photographer-turned-gallerist Steve Lazarides, who is largely responsible for making Brit art popular in Hollywood.
Burly security men look on as artwork is loaded up after the sale
This summer he held a sell-out Los Angeles show featuring other Banksies which saw £3.2 million of art sold in two hours.
Of last night's auction, he said: "The idea is to inject a little anarchy back on the staid, serious business of buying art.
Heading for Chez 'Brangelina'? A Banksy is taken to the delivery truck
"There is a whole new set of buyers. Whether they're rag trade, City boys or celebrities, they tend to be under 45.
"They've got money and they don't particularly want to spend it on a Picasso - they want to buy something that relates to their lives, their time and their culture."
The expensive pieces were unceremoniously carried out into a backstreet and loaded up into a truck ready to be delivered to their new owners
'Brangelina' spend £1 million on Banksy work at contemporary art auction in London | the Daily Mail
I'd love to own his stuff! Lucky them
His art is great! Wish i could afford it.
It's expensive enough just to get a limited print. Sheesh.
When your daughter plays "House," she pretends to be an annoying doctor with a pill-addiction and a limp.
All that money on art and Brad can't even buy a freakin' $2.99 Happy Meal for Ang.
They coulda spent that 1 mill on buying at least 4 more babies
yeah the third world is oh so desperate..so spend a few million on some artwork. Saint Angelina. right. And fucking eat something whore!!! you look like fucking death warmed over. All those starving orphans..and you chose art over life. That is because you really do not care about the starving masses.. you just say that to justify picking up and orphan or two..or three..cause you are a sick child collector! not a champion of the poor children of the world like you want everyone to believe Whoregelina~
*Brad does look good in his pic I will admit. And Dennis Hopper does not look bad either..all things considered.
Time to bust out the HaterAde for this thread!
I'm telling you... Ang is losing her hair. At the very least, its thinning badly. Her hairline looks almost as bad as Vinnie V's. Maybe they can make a movie together... Mr. and Mrs. Rogaine? FollicleRaider? Wedding Toupees? A Mighty Comb Over?
ETA: Haterade IS ON! It tastes better with vodka.
Ahh... back in the nick of time.Originally Posted by Sojiita
Yeah. SHe does have a 10 head now. But those arms! Those Veins!!! *shudders* Gahhh! Holy crypt keeper Batman!
Kind of ironic... Makes you wonder if all of Angie's humanitarian efforts are just a way for her to sleep at night. Brad's never seemed that into it.. he just kind of strapped himself right in for the ride on the Angelina Savior Train.
^^ AH, I bet Angie is the one who straps it on.
Yes, but you could buy Veingelina a happy meal and she's still be a misery guts.
When your daughter plays "House," she pretends to be an annoying doctor with a pill-addiction and a limp.
^^ She'd probably use the toy included to cut herself.
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