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A duct-taped banana is now worth $1 million

The fruit is replaced regularly, along with the tape

The Independent UK

Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped ‘banana’ artwork estimated to fetch up to US$1.5m at New York auction

The viral artwork, involving a banana stuck to a wall, is once again in the spotlight, as Sotheby’s prepares to auction it for an eye-watering sum

The Guardian - AU

What makes an artist great? 5 reasons why the likes of Goya, Frida Kahlo and Da Vinci are still revered today

How can we explain, in simple terms, what makes a great artist? This question is more complex than it seems, as it forces us to think more broadly about what art is and who artists are. Above all, it forces us to reflect on what makes one artist more important…

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Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan's latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wall

For a month now, visitors to a Manhattan gallery have been taking selfies of their reflections in artist Maurizio Cattelan's gleaming gold-plated wall, pockmarked by more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition

The Independent UK

From $120,000 bananas to gold toilets: art provocateur Maurizio Cattelan is back

The Italian artist, who has gained fame by poking fun at the art world, opened his first solo gallery show in over two decades, now with a more serious edge

The Guardian - US

Worn undies and fresh banana feature in NGV blockbuster

The NGV's Triennial exhibition features work from Yoko Ono, couture house Schiaparelli and even a banana taped to a wall by Maurizio Cattelan.

AAP

Ticket to a nonsensical world? | Inside Toiletpaper’s largest show, ‘Run As Slow As You Can’, in Mumbai

Inside Toiletpaper and founders Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s investigation of “our hyper consumption of imagery”

The Hindu

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Longchamp’s Sloane Ranger Le Pliage bag is having a comeback (yes, really)

The Princess of Wales wore one to graduate from St Andrews and Alexa Chung loved them in 2011. Now TikTok and quirky collabs have seen a relic of the noughties become the ninth hottest product on sale today

Evening Standard

Experience: I ate a $120,000 banana

There was no alarm protecting the artwork – a banana taped to the wall – and nobody tried to stop me when I peeled it

The Guardian - UK

Lost papers, singing leaders and a not so little mermaid – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

This modern art piece is worth $120,000, and someone just ate it

Un-peel-ievable.

Creative Bloq

The guy who ate a $120,000 banana in an art museum says he was just hungry

The banana installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan evokes everything from slapstick comedy to global trade. But to a college student, it was a reminder of how very hungry he was.

WEKU

Hungry museum visitor eats valuable banana artwork after skipping breakfast

An artwork called 'Comedian' was eaten by a 'hungry' student who was visiting the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea - and the incident was filmed by a friend

Daily Mirror

Banana drama: ‘hungry’ South Korean student eats $120,000 artwork

Footage shows Noh Huyn-soo unpeeling and eating piece of fruit in work by Maurizio Cattelan before reattaching peel to wall

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Banana split: artists set for court battle over who first taped fruit to the wall

Judge rules that Joe Morford has no ‘copyright in bananas or duct tape’ but can take Maurizio Cattelan to court over Comedian piece

Zenger

Hitler Sculpture On Show In Tribute To Jew Who Fled Nazis, Served In Navy And Became Art Collector

Stefan Edlis was just 16 when he fled the Austrian capital Vienna in 1941 with his mother and siblings.

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