Arts
The Duct Taped Banana Is Coming to Auction Asking $1 Million
The viral conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s this November.
Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian from 2019.
Source: Sotheby'sIt was the banana seen round the world.
When the artist Maurizio Cattelan duct taped a fresh banana to a wall at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019 it caused an immediate uproar. Cattelan’s gallery was soon forced to take the piece down because crowds in the booth became unmanageable; within days it was the subject of memes and knockoffs. Celebrities posted about it; Serious Art Critics weighed in; one person ate it. And perhaps most important, collectors snapped it up.