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The $6.2 Million Banana, Explained
Comedian, Maurizio Cattelan’s instant classic, sold for more than quadruple some estimates at Sotheby’s this week. How one work, and its worth, both satirizes and explains the meme-y days ahead.
Art is Bananas! But so too is Currency
The work, called Comedian, was unveiled at Art Basel in Miami in 2019, where it was promptly eaten by performance artist David Datuna. At another exhibition at
$6 million is a reasonable price for banana (art)
Comedian is the most famous artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist who had a retrospective at the Guggenheim in 2011, and whose auction record, set in 2016, stands at $17.2 million. In most news reports,
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The bizarre case of a duct-taped banana that fetched $6.2 million at New York art auction
Ialian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork Comedian—a banana taped to a wall—made waves at a contemporary art auction in New ...
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Banana Duct-Taped To A Wall Sells For $6.2 Million At Auction
Maurizio Cattelan’s 'Comedian' was purchased by crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun at a Sotheby’s contemporary auction in New ...
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Art world shrugs at $6 million banana purchase
This year has seen some of the worst sales in decades for the art market, and the “Comedian” piece is unlikely to move the ...
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Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana artwork sold at US $6.2m at auction
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan sold a duct-taped banana artwork 'Comedian' for US $ 6.2 billion in an auction held in New ...
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Yellow banana duct-taped to a wall turns into Rs 52.35 crore artwork: Why Maurizio Cattelan's ‘Comedian’ has stunned the art world
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian,' a banana duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's auction.
Gulf Times
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No joke: Fresh banana taped to a wall sells for $6.2mn
A fresh banana taped to a wall – a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan – was bought for $6 ...
Yahoo
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Art world shrugs at $6 million banana-based 'Comedian' purchase as high-end market seeks to regain footing
Maurizio
Cattelan
’s duct-taped banana ... maybe taking a trip to Europe or around South
America
. I don’t think there’s ...
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Banana duct-taped to wall bought at art auction for $6.2m by crypto mogul who plans to eat it
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun identified himself as the buyer, pledging to ‘personally eat the banana’ ...
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Banana sells for ₹52 crore at auction; here’s why
Cattelan’s Comedian, a banana taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million, igniting discussions on art’s value. The piece ...
The Express Tribune
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Banana duct-taped to wall sells for $6.2M to crypto mogul who plans to eat it
A duct-taped banana by Maurizio Cattelan sold for $6.2M at Sotheby’s; buyer Justin Sun plans to eat the artwork.
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