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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.'
Al Etihad
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Etihad
Rare Banksy painting may fetch up to $6.3 million at London sale
4 Mar 2025 18:26 London (AFP)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 on Tuesday. 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, 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 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 work felt "more relevant today than ever before given the increasing frequency of natural disasters", it painting was first exhibited in Banksy's landmark 2005 exhibition "Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin". 'Laughter and tears' Hoppus said his family had loved the Banksy painting ever since they bought it. "It's seen laughter and tears and parties and arguments. Our son has grown up in front of it," he he wanted now to use some of the proceeds from the sale to "buy works from younger, upcoming artists".The sale coincides with tributes to the self-taught Vettriano, whose famous fans included Hollywood actor Jack First Minister John Swinney said he had overcome humble beginnings to become a household name and produce "iconic" paintings that had "graced the walls of homes and galleries around the world".Brought up in poverty in an industrial seaside town in eastern Scotland, Vettriano left school at 15 to become a trainee mining took up art after a girlfriend gave him a box of watercolours for his 21st despite commercial success, Vettriano failed to find favour with the art world 2015, he dismissed critics who had panned his work as "brainless" and "dim erotica", telling one interviewer they didn't like an artist "who is as popular as me because it takes away part of their authority".Banksy -- whose identity has not been publicly revealed -- is best known for his hard-hitting murals, often using a distinctive stencilling style that frequently pop up on buildings and enigmatic artist boasts an A-list client lineup and has sold his works for tens of millions of pounds (dollars) at auction since the early 2000s. Hoppus will donate a portion of the proceeds to two Los Angeles medical charities and the California Fire foundation, following devastating wildfires there in January, Sotheby's said.
The Independent
18-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Blink-182's Mark Hoppus to auction rare Banksy: ‘This painting has meant so much to us'
Blink-182 's Mark Hoppus has announced that he is auctioning a rare Banksy painting, part of the enigmatic artist 's Crude Oil series, with a portion of the funds to benefit two Los Angeles medical charities and the California Fire Foundation. The band's co-founder and singer acquired the entirely hand-painted work with his wife, Skye, in 2011, and until recently displayed it at the family's homes in London and Los Angeles. It is expected to fetch between £3 to £5m. Hoppus's 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.' 'Crude Oil (Vettriano)' was first exhibited in Banksy's landmark 2005 exhibition Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin. It reimagines Scottish artist Jack 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. It went on display in a disused shop on Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill, where it could be viewed by passersby. Other works in the exhibition included a wilted, bloomless version of Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and 'Show Me the Monet', which added dumped shopping trolleys and a traffic cone to the French Impressionist painter's iconic Japanese bridge scene. 'The vandalised paintings reflect life as it is now,' Banksy said of his exhibition. 'We don't live in a world like Constable's Haywain anymore and, if you do, there is probably a travellers' camp on the other side of the hill. 'The real damage done to our environment is not done by graffiti writers and drunken teenagers, but by big business… exactly the people who put gold-framed pictures of landscapes on their walls and try to tell the rest of us how to behave.' 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.' As well as a portion of the proceeds going to charity in the wake of the devastating California fires, Hoppus and Skye plan to expand their art collection with works by younger generations of artists. 'Coming back to punk rock, one aspect of the community I always hold dear is, if you get lucky enough to gain success, you bring your friends with you,' he said. 'Larger bands bring smaller bands on tour. We support one another from within. 'I want to take some of the money from the sale of this painting and use it to buy works from younger, upcoming artists. We were lucky enough to find 'Crude Oil (Vettriano)' in our lives, and it'll help us support more art and artists. I want to be a f***ing Medici.' The auction, part of the Sotheby's Modern & Contemporary Evening Sale on 4 March, comes ahead of the release of Hoppus's memoir, Fahrenheit-182, which is out 8 April via Little Brown Book Publishing.
