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March design news: Maurzio Cattelan goes Greek, art teapots and house paint that changes colour

Exhibitions at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, a guide to green wood carving and funeral urns by Alessi

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In Pictures: The week in Culture

If a picture paints a thousand words... here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (17-21 March 2025).

Euronews

Jury convicts thieves who stole satirical golden toilet from Churchill’s birthplace

The audacious heist of a unique and functioning artwork by conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan has ended with the conviction of three men.

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Men found guilty of stealing £4.75m golden toilet from Blenheim Palace

The fully-functioning 18-carat toilet was a star attraction in an art installation before its theft

The Independent UK

Man denies helping thief sell gold from golden toilet after Blenheim Palace raid

Frederick Doe is accused of helping James Sheen sell gold from an 18-carat toilet that was stolen in an ‘audacious raid’ at Blenheim Palace in 2019.

Evening Standard

Man accused of stealing gold toilet checked web headlines about raid – court

Oxford Crown Court heard that Michael Jones had searched for details about the burglary in the days following the raid at Blenheim Palace in 2019.

Evening Standard

Gold Toilet Stolen From Blenheim Palace In Audacious Raid

Learn about the daring heist of a valuable gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, a satirical artwork by Maurizio Cattelan.

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Gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace in ‘audacious raid’, court hears

The toilet, which was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was a star attraction in an exhibition

Evening Standard

Damien Hirst says banana taped to wall is ‘serious art’

‘It is everything art gets a bad name for and everything I love about art,’ said the British artist

The Independent UK

‘It is everything art gets a bad name for and everything I love’: Damien Hirst and Cornelia Parker on choosing artworks for schools

Antony Gormley and Bridget Riley also pick works to be shown on high-res displays, thanks to a drive to put art at the core of the secondary school cultural syllabus

The Guardian - UK

From Moo Deng to Me Espresso: it’s the 2024 bumper pop culture quiz of the year

Do you know your hot rodent boyfriends, which celebrity is selling feet pics on OnlyFans and who fell off a stage this year? Then this is the quiz for you

The Guardian - AU

The Banana That Broke The Internet: NYC Vendor's Heartbreaking Reaction To $6.2M Auction

Shah Alam's 35-cent banana became a $6.2 million art piece, leaving the 74-year-old NYC street vendor stunned and heartbroken.

International Business Times

Bitcoin Billionaire Who Spent Millions On Single Banana Vows To Buy Thousands Of Bananas From Sidewalk Vendor Who Sold Original Fruit For 25 Cents

A Bitcoin billionaire has vowed to purchase thousands of bananas from the sidewalk vendor who originally sold the now-famous banana to the artist for 25 cents.

International Business Times

Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor

Maurizio Cattelan was the Italian artist behind the banana art titled ‘Comedian’

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Bitcoin Billionaire Who Spent Millions on Single Banana Vows to Buy Thousands of Bananas from Sidewalk Vendor Who Sold Original Fruit for 25 Cents

A Bitcoin billionaire has vowed to purchase thousands of bananas from the sidewalk vendor who originally sold the now-famous banana to the artist for 25 cents.

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Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Eats .2M Banana Art Piece In Hong Kong

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur buys .2 million banana art, eats it, and invests in Trump family cryptocurrency venture.

Evening Standard

Crypto-tycoon who bought infamous banana artwork for $6.2million eats fruit in bizarre stunt

Justin Sun bought the Maurizio Cattelan banana artwork for millions - and then ate it

The Guardian - UK

Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m

Conceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last week

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International Business Times

Crypto Boss Eats Banana Art He Bought For $6.2 Million

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall -- by eating the fruit.

The Independent UK

Heartbreaking reaction of the 74-year-old banana seller who sold 35c fruit that became $6 million artwork

A silver duct-taped banana, once sold at a Manhattan fruit stand where bananas are sold for 35 cents each, went for millions at a Sotheby’s auction last week

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A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for £4.9 million – part of the evolving relationship between art and finance

On the evening of November 20, Sotheby’s auction house sold an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan for an astonishing sum. The piece, entitled Comedian, is not a conventional painting or sculpture. It consists of an ordinary banana, duct-taped to a wall at a jaunty angle. The hammer price? A staggering US$6.2…

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view: Selling a piece of fruit for £4m isn’t bananas, it’s decadent. Art is better than this

The sale of Maurizio Cattelan’s work, Comedian, to a crypto entrepreneur is a grim concept that has little to do with disruption

Fortune

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buys $6 million banana—and plans to eat it unless Elon Musk wants to send it to space

Sun outbid six others for the iconic work.

Evening Standard

Thieves steal banana from famous $6.2m art piece in French museum

A banana taped to a wall, part of Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2m 'Comedian' artwork, has been stolen from France's Centre Pompidou-Metz

Latin Times

Chinese Crypto Founder Buys Banana Taped to Wall for $6 Million, Says He Will Eat It

A Chinese crypto founder just bought a banana taped to a wall for $6 million, and said he plans to eat it as part of a "unique artistic experience."

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