"The world's most expensive banana" sold Wednesday night at Sotheby's New York. That's how auctioneer Oliver Barker put as he was trying to eek out the last of the bids for Maurizio Cattelan's ...
All of this is important to keep in mind when considering that Cattelan's "Comedian" is a single banana, reportedly purchased on the day of the auction for $0.35 according to the New York Times ...
That banana just won’t go away…. during the Superbowl on Sunday (9 February), an ad for Ray-Ban Meta Glasses took a cheeky swipe at Maurizio Cattelan’s ubiquitous Comedian work which has ...
Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian"—a sculpture of a real banana attached to a wall with grey duct tape, in an edition of three with two artist's proofs—hit the headlines after going on sale with ...
Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian” (2019) was offered at Sotheby’s with an estimate of $1–1.5 million. (image courtesy Sotheby’s) This was not just any banana, of course, but rather one ...
You’d have to be living under a rock not to have heard of the duct-taped banana fetching $6.2 million in auction. Created by Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian contemporary artist, it went on sale at ...
I visited the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City with my family. At the time, I was seven years old, and it is still shocking to me that I have such a vivid recollection of this particular ...
A 3-inch Flamin’ Hot Cheeto shaped like the Pokémon Charizard sold for $87,840 at auction March 2 after beginning its bidding at $250.
The Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” consists of a banana duct-taped to a blank white wall. One edition of the work was purchased at Sotheby’s this past November for over $6 ...