The Latest Breaking News from Maurizio Cattelan

A silver duct-taped banana, once sold at a Manhattan fruit stand where bananas are sold for 35 cents each, went for millions at a Sotheby’s auction last week

On the evening of November 20, Sotheby’s auction house sold an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan for an astonishing sum. The piece, entitled Comedian, is not a conventional painting or sculpture. It consists of an ordinary banana, duct-taped to a wall at a jaunty angle. The hammer price? A staggering US$6.2…

Justin Sun purchased a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it “Comedian.”

A fresh banana taped to a wall -- a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan -- was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced in a statement.

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun identified himself as the buyer, pledging to ‘personally eat the banana’

The buyer own a certificate that gives them the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it ‘Comedian’

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun bought one of three editions of the viral 2019 work, describing it as ‘a cultural phenomenon’. But what does he get for his money?

The fruit is replaced regularly, along with the tape

The viral artwork, involving a banana stuck to a wall, is once again in the spotlight, as Sotheby’s prepares to auction it for an eye-watering sum