Banana

$6M Banana Artwork Eaten Again in French Museum

Jul 22, 2025

A visitor at France’s Centre-Pompidou Metz museum ate Maurizio Cattelan’s famous banana artwork “Comedian,” taped to a wall and valued at $6.2 million. The banana was swiftly replaced, in line with the artist’s instructions. It marks at…

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Chinese Entrepreneur Eats $6.2M Banana Artwork “Comedian”

Nov 29, 2024

Justin Sun, founder of a Chinese cryptocurrency platform that sold Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” artwork, which is a banana taped to a wall, for $6.2 million at auction, kept his promise and ate the banana at a press…

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Banana ‘Art’ Sells for $6.2M in New York Auction

Nov 21, 2024

Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian," a banana duct-taped to a wall, fetched $6.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, USA. The price marks a significant increase from its previous valuation. The buyer, Justin Sun, founder of a Chinese…