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.

Turns out that crypto bros love “Comedian,” Maurizio Cattelan’s now-infamous work consisting of a banana with duct tape, a spoof of art-world capitalism.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The 'Banana' hanging on the wall (titled 'Comedian') by Maurizio Cattelan was recently sold in New York for over 6 million dollars by Sotheby's, drawing public attention to one of the most ...

This isn’t low-hanging fruit. Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” has fetched a phenomenal $6.2 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. The Post re-created “Comedian” for the ...

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 ...

A woman looks at artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece of art “Comedian” during an auction preview at Sotheby’s in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.

That leaves in place lower court rulings that Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who sold his banana art work, “Comedian,” for about $6.2 million last year, did not rip the idea off of Morford.

The banana is an artwork titled “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. The buyer Justin Sun, founder of cryptocurrency platform Tron, plans to eat it.