When Angelina Jolie stopped by a Los Angeles warehouse to see three pieces by in-your-face Brit artist Banksy (Ani's favorite Brit artist) she walked away spending almost $400,000!
Jolie bought a $226,000 painting - titled "Picnic" - depicts a white family of four merrily lunching under an umbrella on a red checked blanket while 15 starving Africans - including several children with distended bellies - look on.
$75,000 purchase - a white bust with a bleeding bullet hole in the forehead - was a particular favorite of Jolie's.
According to Star magazine, "She went nuts for that one" an onlooker told the mag. "She told Brad Pitt, 'I must have that one.'" For another cool $75,000, she picked up a portrait of a man hit in the head with a custard pie.
Banksy, the self-described "art terrorist" has emerged over the past few years as an ingenious and clever culture jammer, an expert at hacking the art world and rewriting its rules to suit his own purposes. His art is truly genius, check out his official website at www.banksy.co.uk
