Comedian, Maurizio Cattelan’s instant classic, sold for more than quadruple some estimates at Sotheby’s this week. How one work, and its worth, both satirizes and explains the meme-y days ahead.

Maurizio Cattelan’s viral creation, ... When a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000 in 2019, social media uproar and an age-old debate about the meaning of art ensued.

Auction house Sotheby’s said on Friday that Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's “Comedian” duct-taped banana artwork is up for auction once again, this time at an estimated $1 million to $1.5 ...

The debate about whether Maurizio Cattelan’s banana duct-taped to a wall installation qualifies as art may be ongoing. But that hasn't stopped it from selling for millions of dollars at a ...

Maurizio Cattelan’s Viral Banana Artwork Could Fetch $1.5 Million at Auction The work caused a sensation when it debuted in 2019. Published on November 18, 2024. By Martin Lerma.

Titled "Comedian," Maurizio Cattelan's work is being auctioned by Sotheby's for an estimated $1.5 million. ... His work was already well-regarded before a banana was affixed to a wall with duct tape.

Inside Sotheby’s $6 million sale of a banana. Turns out that crypto bros love “Comedian,” Maurizio Cattelan’s now-infamous spoof of art-world capitalism.

This duct-taped banana art piece is worth at least $1 million. Here's why The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled “Comedian,” by Italian artist ...

On Friday, Justin Sun – the Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur who purchased Maurizio Cattelan's banana duct-taped to a wall for $6.2 last week – made good on his promise to eat it.

NEW YORK — A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday. “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan ...

Five years after its creation, Maurizio Cattelan's “Comedian" — consisting of a real banana duct-taped to a wall — could fetch an eye-popping $1.5 million when it is auctioned off by Sotheby ...

Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana caused an uproar at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019 and quickly went viral as a symbol of the absurdism of the contemporary art market, though Cattelan ...