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Viral banana artwork duct-taped to wall sells for $6.2M
The winning bidder nabbed the Italian artist's conceptual artwork, titled "Comedian" and comprised simply of a banana fastened with duct tape to a wall, for a hefty $6.2 million on Wednesday ...
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Banana duct-taped to wall sells for $6.2 million at NYC art auction
The piece of conceptual art consisted of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-tape banana, called "Comedian", was a phenomenon when it debuted in 2019 at ...
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Banana Artwork Sells for $6.2 Million
That’s right: Over a period of five years, three buyers paid what I can only assume were mounting prices for the rights to tape a banana to a wall and call it Art, and each of them ultimately ...
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‘Who eats art?’: Cattelan banana makes guest appearance in Superbowl ad alongside Chris Hemsworth
The ad shows Marvel actors Chris Hemsworth and Chris Pratt in the home of reality TV star Kris Jenner, who has a banana taped to her wall. Pratt uses the glasses (priced between $299 and $379), to ...