Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan went into an art museum in Miami Beach and displayed a banana duct taped to a wall.

A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York. The piece of conceptual art is called ‘Comedian’ and was made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

You've probably seen the infamous artwork "Comedian," even if you don't know its name. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created the piece in 2019 for Art Basel by duct-taping a banana to a wall ...

A commentary on the state of the art world? Another artist took the banana off the wall and ate it. A backup banana was brought in. Selfie-seeking crowds became so thick, “Comedian” was ...

The spot is a reference to a much-circulated art world story. In 2019 artist Maruzio Cattelan debuted “Comedian,” a new piece of conceptual art at Art Basel Miami. The work quickly made headlines, ...

At another exhibition at Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Art in 2023, the banana was eaten ... I saw parallels between this piece and how innovation disrupts norms. Comedian transcends traditional ...

Justin Sun purchased edition #2 of the Comedian at Sotheby’s auction. The bidding started at $800,000 and swiftly moved to $5 ...

Modern art, a term that has sparked controversy, recently reared its head again due to the extravagant spending of Justin Sun to buy a piece of “art” that consists of a banana ...