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Daily Tribune
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Tribune
Rare Banksy painting may fetch up to $6.3 mn at London sale
A rare painting by street artist Banksy which reimagines Jack Vettriano's famous "The Singing Butler" is expected to fetch between £3.0 million and £5.0 million ($3.8-$6.3 million) at a London auction yesterday. The sale comes a day after the death of Scottish painter Vettriano, 73, was announced following the discovery of his body at his flat in Nice, southern France, at the weekend, his publicist said. Vettriano's "Singing Butler" depicts a couple in evening dress dancing on a windswept beach accompanied by a butler and a maid holding umbrellas. It set a Scottish record when it was sold at auction in 2004 for £744,800. It became the UK's best-selling print reproduction, outselling Monet and Van Gogh and inspiring Banksy to subvert its romantic narrative for his own painting, called "Crude Oil (Vettriano)". In Banksy's painting, he reworks the scene to add a sinking oil liner and two men in hazmat suits wheeling a barrel of toxic waste onto the beach. The painting is being sold at Sotheby's by US musician and record producer Mark Hoppus, co-founder of pop-punk band blink-182. "Banksy used his trademark humour and irony to produce an image that tackles pressing issues of the 21st century -– such as the environment, pollution and the capitalist landscape," Sotheby's said ahead of the auction. The work felt "more relevant today than ever before given the increasing frequency of natural disasters", it added. The painting was first exhibited in Banksy's landmark 2005 exhibition "Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin".
The Independent
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Banksy's take on Vettriano painting sells for £4.3m days after artist's death
Banksy 's reimagining of a famous work by the late Scottish painter Jack Vettriano has sold at auction for £4.3m. 'Crude Oil (Vettriano)' was listed by Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus, who acquired the painting in 2011. The sale to a private collector at Sotheby's in London on Tuesday evening (4 March) came just days after Vettriano was found dead aged 73 at his apartment in Nice, France. It is understood that there are no suspicious circumstances around his death. Banksy's work was first seen in the reclusive artist's landmark 2005 exhibition Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin, and reimagines Vettriano's 1992 work 'The Singing Butler', already one of the most celebrated pictures in Britain. Banksy chose to subvert Vettriano's romantic narrative by incorporating themes of pollution, capitalism and the climate crisis, painting in a sinking oil liner and two men in hazmat suits wheeling a barrel of toxic waste along the beach – while the original couple dance as their butler holds a black umbrella over their heads. Hoppus said that he and Skye fell in love with the painting from the first moment they saw it: '[It's] unmistakably Banksy, but different. We bought it because we loved it,' he said. 'It's borne witness to our family over these past dozen years. 'It hung over the table in London where we ate breakfast and our son did his homework. It hung in our living room in Los Angeles. It's seen laughter and tears and parties and arguments. Our son has grown up in front of it,' he continued. 'This painting has meant so much to us and been such an amazing part of our lives, and now I'm excited for it to be out there in the world, seen by as many as possible. Go get 'em. Godspeed.' His love of art was inspired by an art history professor at his local college in California: 'He loved art but wasn't precious about it,' he recalled. 'Art was for everyone. And everyone should love it. And because he loved it, and showed us how to think about it, I loved it. It opened my mind. It was Good Will Hunting but with paintings and architecture instead of poetry.' A portion of the funds raised from the sale will go towards supporting the charities Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cedars Sinai Haematology Oncology Research. The couple will also donate some of the proceeds to the California Fire Foundation, following the devastating wildfires that destroyed parts of the city earlier this year. Vettriano's publicist said in a statement this week: 'Jack Vettriano's passing marks the end of an era for contemporary Scottish art. His evocative and timeless works will continue to captivate and inspire future generations.'
The Independent
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Self-taught painter Jack Vettriano dies in France at age 73
Scottish painter Jack Vettriano, known for his works showing elegant men and women on dreamlike beaches, has been found dead in his apartment in France, his publicist said Monday. He was 73. British media reported there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death on Saturday. Vettriano, born Jack Hoggan, was a self-taught artist who created some of the world's most recognizable contemporary paintings. His 1992 painting 'The Singing Butler' — depicting a couple in evening dress dancing on a storm-swept beach as their butler and maid proffered umbrellas — became a best-selling image in Britain. In 2005, elusive street artist Banksy based a satirical painting titled 'Crude Oil (Vettriano),' on 'The Singing Butler,' adding a sinking oil liner and two figures lugging a barrel of toxic waste to the composition to send an environmental message. Vettriano left school at 15 to become a mining engineer but took up painting after a girlfriend gave him a box of watercolors for his 21st birthday. His breakthrough came in 1998 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy's annual show. Both sold on the first day. 'Jack Vettriano's passing marks the end of an era for contemporary Scottish art,' his publicist said in a statement. "His evocative and timeless works will continue to captivate and inspire future generations.'
