The new owner of Maurizio Cattelan's art said it "bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community.” ...

The controversial work, which instantly went viral when it debuted at Art Basel in 2019, beat estimates several times over.

First causing a stir at Art Basel, Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian", made from a banana and tape, is expected to fetch ...

Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous duct-taped banana shattered already-high expectations at the auction block this week. Comedian ...

"The world's most expensive banana" sold Wednesday night at Sotheby's New York. That's how auctioneer Oliver Barker put as he ...

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur. transcript “Cattelan’s ...

But artist Maurizio Cattelan’s viral creation, titled “Comedian,” has proven a sound investment for one collector: One of the artwork’s three “editions” smashed estimates to sell ...

But the main attraction, indisputably, was Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian”: a work that consists of a single banana affixed to a wall by a diagonal slash of silver duct tape. Cattelan made ...

new video loaded: Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million transcript “Cattelan’s ‘Comedian.’ Here it is in all its splendor. We’re going to begin at $800,000. At $800,000? $850,000 now.

The most anticipated lot from Sotheby's "The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction," which took place tonight in New York City, was clearly Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian. Banana ...