Christina Aguilera Buys A Banksy

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) Apr 5th 2006 at 10:31AM

The pop artist Christina Aguilera has just dropped £25,000 - that's about $43,500 - on a painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy. The painting shows the late Queen Victoria, who passed anti-homosexual laws and "famously believed women were incapable of being gay", depicted as a lesbian. Victoria, clad in stockings and garter belt, is painted in a compromising position with another woman. Aguilera plans to display the controversial painting in her home.

The painting is after the jump and is possibly not safe for work.

Tags: art, artwork, banksy, britain, british, celebrities, celebrity, christina, christina aguilera, controversy, graffiti, painting, queen, queen victoria, shopping

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Cars Apr 5th 2006 11:03AM

What do you want to say by this post? That Aguilera is a lesbian? Interesting news :)

JREAU Apr 5th 2006 11:04AM

Now if you guys had just not mentioned the "not safe for work" thing, I would have gladly moved on but noooooooooo.... you just had to mention it didn't you?
That's like daring a fat kid not to eat a piece of cake - of course he's gonna eat it.

Let's hope the office cops aren't watching at the moment cause otherwise you guys will owe me a job ;)

Susanna Apr 5th 2006 11:52AM

What I read in your post is the very slightly veiled assertion that Aguilera is no Art History major, nor does she have any great knowledge of history or pop-culture in history.

I read in the post that she likes tawdry, and if it came with some kind of lurid historical context with which she could educate her friends over a Smirnoff Ice, then even better!

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