Banksy's 'Charlie Brown' Sells for $4 Million USD in Miami

Miami Art Week is well underway and to add to the sales, a Banksy painting was purchased for $4m USD. Charlie Brown was sold by Maddox Gallery to an undisclosed American collector as part of its VIP Preview sale. The piece was first spraypainted by the elusive artist along a Los Angeles wall in 2011. It depicts the popular Peanuts frontman with a cigarette in mouth ready to pour gasoline on the building it is overlaid on. The sale accompanies the largest exhibit of Banksy works from one gallery ...