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 ...

That's how auctioneer Oliver Barker put as he was trying to eek out the last of the bids for Maurizio Cattelan's viral artwork, Comedian (2019). The famed artwork, of a banana duct-taped to a wall ...

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

Comedian’ has a ... “I am eternally grateful to Maurizio for entrusting me with the display of this watershed conceptual work.” The idea behind the banana is to represent how bananas are ...

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 ... The work, called Comedian, was unveiled ...

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 ...

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He said the sale of his "masterpiece" bananas would enable Sonning's residents to get a "new church roof". The original work, titled 'Comedian' by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan ...

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 ...

It was melted down by thieves. via Maurizio Cattelan and Gagosian; Photo by Zeno Zotti A source of fascination and fury, and endless memes, Cattelan’s banana duct-taped to a wall was sold in ...