Justin Sun is in the news for purchasing Maurizio Cattelan’s conceptual artwork—a banana duct-taped to a wall—for $6.2 million. Sun says the purchase is a “cultural phenomenon”. The art will join other high-profile NFTs and traditional artwork acquisitions by Sun which could join the Tron network.

Tron founder Justin Sun paid $6.2 million at a New York auction for an art piece consisting of a banana taped to a wall. Now, he plans to eat it. “I’ve bought the banana,” Sun wrote in a Nov. 21 X post.

Crypto investor Justin Sun has a $6.2 million banana — and he’s going to eat it, too.

The Italian artist who created the banana duct-taped to a wall that sold this week for $6.2 million, said in an interview published on Friday that the work was a "provocation" and an invitation to appreciate the true value of art.

Artist Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" piece - which is a banana stuck to a wall with silver duct tape - which debuted at Art Basel Miami Beach has fetched more than $6million at auction

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who identified himself as the buyer of a viral artwork depicting a yellow banana duct-taped to a wall said he will eat the fruit as part of a “unique artistic experience.

A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday.