Man eats banana 'artwork' which was about to be sold for over £100,000
5 years, 1 month ago

Man eats banana 'artwork' which was about to be sold for over £100,000

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Three buyers paid between £90,000 and £115,000 for this week for limited-edition pieces featuring a single banana, created by artist Maurizio Cattelan and titled “Comedian.” Each came with a certificate of authenticity and replacement instructions, which perhaps should have included a disclaimer: for display only. Shortly before 2pm Saturday, a New York City-based performance artist, David Datuna, peeled the taped banana from the wall and devoured it, an Instagram video posted by Datuna showed. Another video posted on Twitter showed Mr Datuna appearing to be escorted out of the Galerie Perrotin space as bemused and stupefied art patrons watched. “Perrotin is not pressing any legal charges.” Gallery officials replaced the banana with another one, saying that the artwork was not destroyed and that the banana was simply an “idea.” Mr Datuna poked fun at the episode in an Instagram post he titled Hungry Artist, writing: “Art performance by me.

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Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun eats banana artwork worth $6.2 million: ‘Much better than…’
1 month, 1 week ago

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun eats banana artwork worth $6.2 million: ‘Much better than…’

Live Mint  

You might think twice before eating a banana that cost you $6.2 million. However, Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, announced a date on which he planned to eat the banana, or the "art", he bought for $6.2 million at an auction. The artwork featuring a yellow banana duct-taped to a wall, created by renowned Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was sold …

Crypto boss buys banana taped to wall for ₹53 crore, will eat it to 'complete artwork'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Crypto boss buys banana taped to wall for ₹53 crore, will eat it to 'complete artwork'

Hindustan Times  

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, who bought an artwork which includes a banana taped to a wall for $6.24 million at Sotheby’s auction in New York, has said that he plans to eat it. Justin Sun bought the peculiar banana artwork for $6.2 million. Bidding for the banana artwork opened at $800,000 and escalated beyond $1.5 million just a minute after …

Banana sells for ₹52 crore at auction; here’s why
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Banana sells for ₹52 crore at auction; here’s why

Live Mint  

An artwork featuring a yellow banana duct-taped to a wall, created by renowned Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, has been sold for a staggering $6.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction. According to experts like Carl Menger, William Stanley Jevons and Léon Walras, the price of the artwork wasn’t dictated by labour or materials but by the idea it represents, Forbes reported. …

Banana duct-taped to wall bought at art auction for $6.2m by crypto mogul who plans to eat it
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Banana duct-taped to wall bought at art auction for $6.2m by crypto mogul who plans to eat it

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A banana duct-taped to …

Maurizio Cattelan’s viral banana artwork has sold again — this time for $6.24 million
55 years ago

Maurizio Cattelan’s viral banana artwork has sold again — this time for $6.24 million

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with the final sale price and other details following the auction’s conclusion. But artist Maurizio Cattelan’s viral creation, titled “Comedian,” has proven a sound investment for one collector: One of the artwork’s three “editions” smashed estimates to sell for $6.24 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on Wednesday. Video Ad Feedback See …

Hungry student eats expensive banana artwork on display in Seoul. Watch
1 year, 8 months ago

Hungry student eats expensive banana artwork on display in Seoul. Watch

Hindustan Times  

At Seoul's Leeum Museum of Art, a student studying art at Seoul National University consumed a banana that was featured in 'Comedian,' an installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan. The exhibit, which was a part of Cattelan's 'WE' exhibition, showcased a fully ripe banana that had been affixed to the wall using duct tape. Check out a few reactions below: An …

Student eats $120,000 Italian artwork of banana duct taped to wall
1 year, 8 months ago

Student eats $120,000 Italian artwork of banana duct taped to wall

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A student who ate a …

The art world’s great ‘Banana’ moment won’t change a thing
5 years ago

The art world’s great ‘Banana’ moment won’t change a thing

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I’m talking, of course, about the great banana moment, when Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan duct-taped …

Couple who bought $120k banana art sense it will be iconic
5 years ago

Couple who bought $120k banana art sense it will be iconic

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon and plan to gift it to a museum. Billy and Beatrice Cox said in a statement that they spent more than $100,000 on the “unicorn of the art world” after …

Den Bosch grocer's version of €120,000 banana artwork on sale for 0.28 cents
5 years ago

Den Bosch grocer's version of €120,000 banana artwork on sale for 0.28 cents

NL Times  

An Albert Heijn store in Den Bosch created its own version of an artwork, which consisted of a banana stuck to a wall with duct tape. But where the artwork by Maurizio Cattelan recently sold for 120 thousand euros, the Albert Heijn version is discounted to only 0.28 cents. The recreated work in the Albert Heijn store on De Arena …

Couple who paid £90,000 for notorious 'banana duct-tape artwork' speak out
5 years, 1 month ago

Couple who paid £90,000 for notorious 'banana duct-tape artwork' speak out

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The art collectors who paid …

被粘在墙上后，一根香蕉卖出了12万美元，而且还被吃掉了！
5 years, 1 month ago

被粘在墙上后，一根香蕉卖出了12万美元，而且还被吃掉了！

China Daily  

一根香蕉粘在白墙上，就卖出了12万美元的高价，而且已经卖出了三根！你能相信吗？让画廊老板偷笑的是，这件艺术品完全不用担心失窃，因为它就是一根普通香蕉。 Art collectors are going bananas over an artwork that essentially consists of a real banana duct-taped to a white wall at an art gallery, with some paying as much as $120,000 for it. 在一个画廊内，艺术品收藏家们正为一根被贴在白色墙壁上的香蕉而疯狂，这件所谓的艺术品竟售出了高达12万美元（约合人民币84.4万元）的天价。 go bananas: 发疯，（激动得）发狂 Titled “Comedian”, the original artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was on sale last week from Parisian gallery Perrotin, at the Art …

Man who ate the $120,000 banana art installation says he isn’t sorry and did it to create art
5 years, 1 month ago

Man who ate the $120,000 banana art installation says he isn’t sorry and did it to create art

CNN  

CNN — When a banana that was duct taped to a wall sold for $120,000, not everyone understood the artistic inspiration behind the piece. “It wasn’t vandalism, it was art performance from me and absolutely I am not sorry,” Datuna said during a press conference on Monday. Datuna called Cattelan “one of the top artists in the world.” When asked …

Banana artwork, worth Rs 84 lakh, taped to a wall gets eaten
5 years, 1 month ago

Banana artwork, worth Rs 84 lakh, taped to a wall gets eaten

India TV News  

The move was bananas.not because it involved bananas; but only because a performance artiste ate a famous banana. This artiste shook up the crowd at the Art Basel show in Miami Beach on Saturday when he grabbed a banana artwork and ate it. The banana had been duct-taped to a gallery wall -- a work of art by Italian artist …

Man eats $120,000 piece of art - a banana taped to wall
5 years, 1 month ago

Man eats $120,000 piece of art - a banana taped to wall

Daily Mail  

A performance artist shook up the crowd at the Art Basel show in Miami Beach on Saturday when he grabbed a banana that had been duct-taped to a gallery wall and ate it. The banana was, in fact, a work of art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled 'Comedian' and sold to a French collector for $120,000. In a video …

Man pulls taped banana worth Rs 85 lakh and eats it in viral video. Hero of our time, says Twitter
5 years, 1 month ago

Man pulls taped banana worth Rs 85 lakh and eats it in viral video. Hero of our time, says Twitter

India Today  

Remember the banana tape on the wall, which was sold for USD 120,000, and left the Internet shocked? The installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan titled 'Comedian’ was recently displayed at Art Basel exhibition in Miami Beach. In fact, Datuna even called this whole viral episode an art performance and called it 'Hungry Artist'. here’s him being escorted out pic.twitter.com/w6Z7mHHSGC jonathan …

Banana 'artwork', duct-taped to wall, is sold for whopping Rs 85 lakh
5 years, 1 month ago

Banana 'artwork', duct-taped to wall, is sold for whopping Rs 85 lakh

India TV News  

The health benefits of bananas are known to everyone, but can you pay Rs 85 lakh for a bite? A banana, duct-taped to a wall, titled 'Comedian' has been sold at whopping $1,20,000 that roughly translates to Rs 85 lakh in Indian currency. CNN reported that it was installed by noted Italian artiste Muarizio Cattellan at Perrotin, a contemporary art …

A-peeling offer? Duct-taped banana work selling for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami
5 years, 1 month ago

A-peeling offer? Duct-taped banana work selling for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami

CNN  

CNN — A banana, duct-taped to a wall went on a sale at Art Basel Miami Beach this week – priced at around $120,000. The work, by Maurizio Cattelan, was presented Wednesday by Perrotin, a contemporary art gallery founded in Paris that has had a long association with the Italian artist. Prior to the reported sale, the gallery’s founder, Emmanuel …

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