Someone Ate the $6 Million Banana Taped to a Museum Wall—Again
in Life is still with fruitand Artist Caravaggio has proven that the spread of simple fruit can make an attractive theme for the painting. Recently, the Italian satirical artist Maurizio Katilan has shown that you do not even need to draw fruit to turn it into an art: you can simply photograph it on the wall. But after six years comic For the first time in its original form, museums cannot prevent people from eating bananas in the middle of the piece.
Fine art consumption
comic Currently displayed at the Pompidou-Metz Center in northern France. Banana registered in the channel is part of “”Endless Sunday“A custom exhibition that includes various pieces of Cattelan. Among all his works, comic It is possible to attract the most attention – Scathing reviews to 6 million dollars selling last year.
It is difficult to say whether one of the last museum’s response to the piece is positive or negative. Pulling Banana Outside the wall and eat it July 12. according to France 24POMPIDOU-Metz is quietly entered, but they were unable to save bananas. Fortunately, there was another banana to prepare. Cattelaan seemed disappointed because the museum’s visitor did not eat adhesive tape and banana skin, too, the director tells that the perpetrator “mixing fruit to make art.”
The most expensive banana in the world
since comic He appeared for the first time in 2019Many people were unable to resist biting. Fruit performance artist ate during his first show at the ART Basel exhibition in Miami. Three other versions of the artwork were sold between $ 120,000 and 150,000 dollars in the same event. Then, in 2023, visitor to Museum of the Arts Day In Korea, banana is torn off and consumed.
The encrypted currency pioneer who bought a copy of comic to 6.2 million dollars were seduced in 2024 of its edible nature. After purchasing it through Sotheby’s in New York, ate it on the camera and announced that it tasted better than the other banana.
Meaning comic
in interview With the art newspaper, Cattelan said he did not look comic As a joking was supposed to be a sincere comment on the art industry. The artist explained: “In art galleries, speed and commercial work,” so I saw him like this: If I have to be in an exhibition, I can sell bananas like others selling their paintings. ”
when comic It is not replaced by the hungry museum guests, fruit is replaced by rot. According to France 24, Cattelan gets when the fruit should be stopped.
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