How A Banana Art By Maurizio Cattelan Sold For A Whopping $6.2 Million At Auction | EXPLAINED | N18G
A banana duct-taped to a white wall, Maurizio Cattelan’s provocative artwork Comedian, sold at Sotheby’s in New York, at a whopping $6.2 million. The piece, which first stirred the art world at Art Basel Miami in 2019, isn’t about preserving the original fruit—those bananas are long gone. Sotheby’s highlights that the artwork was always designed to feature a fresh banana, keeping its playful and transient essence intact. Watch the video to know why and how a banana sold for a staggering price.
