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In November 2019, Perrotin gallery announced that Maurizio Cattelan, the art world’s reigning prankster-provocateur, had made his first new work for an art fair in 15 years. It was called ...
Since the early 1990s, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has been considered one of contemporary art’s most high profile provocateurs. Now the maverick’s latest works have been unveiled at ...
This isn’t low-hanging fruit. Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” has fetched a phenomenal $6.2 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City.
Art & Exhibitions Art World Prankster Maurizio Cattelan Takes on Systems of Power in a New Show. The artist’s work is presented with pieces from the collection of Stockholm’s Modern Museet.
Auction house Sotheby’s said on Friday that Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's “Comedian” duct-taped banana artwork is up for auction once again, this time at an estimated $1 million to $1.5 ...
But she thinks it might go beyond poking fun at rich people. People react to the artist Maurizio Cattelan's piece of art "Comedian" during an auction preview at Sotheby's in New York, Monday, Nov ...
The 'Banana' hanging on the wall (titled 'Comedian') by Maurizio Cattelan was recently sold in New York for over 6 million dollars by Sotheby's, drawing public attention to one of the most ...
People view Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" during a press preview for Sotheby's Evening Auction on Oct. 25, 2024, in New York City. (John Nacion/Getty Images / Getty Images) ...
Cattelan’s provocative works have a history of frustrating and delighting art lovers. Jerry Saltz of New York magazine wrote in 2011 that the artist’s work “is often dismissed as a bunch of ...
Artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece of art “Comedian” hangs on display during an auction preview at Sotheby’s in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.
I had imagined that Maurizio Cattelan’s “All” -- a retrospective that consists of nearly every work he’s ever made, suspended via cables and a truss from the Guggenheim’s ceiling -- would look like a ...
Five years after its creation, Maurizio Cattelan's “Comedian" — consisting of a real banana duct-taped to a wall — could fetch an eye-popping $1.5 million when it is auctioned off by Sotheby ...