Known for his works depicting elegant men and women on dreamlike beaches, the artist died in France at the age of 73, his publicist said Monday. The sale of the Banksy painting to a private ...

In 2005, the unknown British graffiti artist Banksy ... to behave,” Banksy said in a 2005 statement. Mark Hoppus, co-founder, singer and bassist of Blink-182 bought ‘Crude Oil (Vettriano)’ in 2011.

The Banksy work was sold ... was put up for sale by Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus, who acquired the painting in 2011. It depicts the Fife-born artist's best known work, The Singing Butler, which ...