Cattelan had also written to the defendants' lawyer, stressing that the action had not ruined the artwork, which is commonly known as Il Dito ('the finger') and features a hand with all the ...

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 ...

'Grant - this is all your fault,' messaged a friend as the news broke that Blenheim Palace's recently installed 18-carat gold toilet had been stolen. It was 2019, and just weeks earlier I had ...

A banana duct-taped to a white wall — or an acclaimed piece of art, depending how you look at it — sold at a Sotheby's ...

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 ...

Gagosian to present Bones, an exhibition of new works by Maurizio Cattelan, opening at the Davies Street gallery.

It’s the idea behind a work of art that makes it “art, ” so say experts in describing why some outrageous stuff gets applause ...

In the early hours of 14 September 2019, a brazen heist at Blenheim Palace saw thieves make off with a solid 24k gold toilet worth ...

An artist named Impro has taped bananas around the village of Sonning in Berkshire, mimicking Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork Comedian, which sold for $6.2m (£4.9m). Impro jokingly claims his ...