An Italian artist is taping bananas to a wall and selling them for $120,000 each at Art Basel Miami

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Maurizio Cattelan, an artist known for his satirical work, said 'the banana is supposed to be a banana.'

Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist known for his satirical work, displayed a piece titled"Comedian," on sale from Parisian art gallery Perrotin, at Art Basel Miami. It consists of a single banana duct-taped to a white wall. ArtNet's Sarah Cascone attended a VIP preview for Art Basel Miami and reported that the first edition of the piece sold for $120,000.

Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist known for his satirical work, displayed a piece titled"Comedian," on sale from Parisian art gallery Perrotin, at Art Basel Miami. It consists of a single banana duct-taped to a white wall. ArtNet's Sarah Cascone attended a VIP preview for Art Basel Miami and reported that the first edition of the piece sold for $120,000.

 

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The choice on how one chooses to live. Sunlight or darkness

The real art here is how sound of a case this makes for needing to raise taxes on the rich

Obviously this guy is a kind of genius, but not because of his art.

The rich have gone bananas 🍌 can't they think of a charitable cause

That’s nothing compared to a sicko flasher for freaking free! 😳

Eat The Rich

Rich people are weird.

fantastic

Money to burn...

Imagine how many children, or elephants, or shelter pets that $120k could save, instead of just being trashed at the end of the week, moldering and spotted, filled with fruit flies.

'Never make eye contact when eating a Banana'

This is akin to someone mocking art. $120k? Well done, I like the hustle.

You’re doing it all wrong, tonyposnanski

Obviously a genius and not taking the piss at all

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