London
(ANI):
Brad
Pitt
and
partner
Angelina
Jolie
have
shelved
out
a
whopping
1
million
pounds
on
art
by
British
"guerrilla
artist" Banksy.
The
couple
picked
up
the
artist"s
work
at
a
contemporary
art
auction
in
London
at
The
Shadow
Lounge
organised
by
photographer-turned-gallerist
Steve
Lazarides.
The
auction
also
saw
worth
an
estimated
10
million
by
artists
including
Damien
Hirst
go
under
the
hammer.
Lazarides
said
that
the
idea
of
the
auction
was
to
'inject
a
little
anarchy
back"
into
buying
art.
"The
idea
is
to
inject
a
little
anarchy
back
on
the
staid,
serious
business
of
buying
art,"
the
Daily
Mail
quoted
him,
as
saying.
"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."