Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and Donald Trump supporter paid $6.2 million for a banana taped to a wall, only to eat it onstage during a Friday event, declaring that "the real value is the ...
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 Perrotin ...
This leads many to wonder why banana flavor tastes so different from the real thing. It turns out there's some fascinating science behind this taste discrepancy. Real bananas get their distinct ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction ...
The Post re-created “Comedian” for the paltry sum of $5.75 — buying a banana from a bodega for 80 cents and a roll of heavy-duty duct tape for $4.95. Our replica took less than 60 seconds to ...
This is a banana duct-taped to the wall. It’s a real banana. You could go into a supermarket, buy such a banana, and tape it to the wall. But the chances are your version won’t go to auction for a ...
“Comprised of a real banana affixed to the wall with a piece of gray Scotch tape, this new work is no different. In the same vein as Cattelan’s America (2016), this piece offers insight into ...
Yes, you read that right. The banana—dubbed Comedian by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan—may be conceptual art’s most expensive snack, but for Sun, it’s a symbol of a new era. “I think more art in the ...