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"Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana artwork fetches US$5.2m at New York auctionCrypto entrepreneur Justin Sun bought one of three editions of the viral 2019 work, describing it as ‘a cultural phenomenon’""Jen Hua from Sotheby’s China office placed the winning bid on behalf of Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, who will pay US$6.2m including the buyer’s premium.In return, Sun will receive a banana and a roll of duct tape, as well as a certificate of authenticity and instructions on how to install the work – including how to replace the banana, should they want to."https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/21/maurizio-cattelans-duct-taped-banana-artwork-fetches-us52m-at-new-york-auction

David Ainsworth ● 35d8 Comments

"Crypto entrepreneur eats banana artwork bought for $6.2m"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj051glrr9o

David Ainsworth ● 27d

Way back in 2011 I crested my mushroom phone as the vegan option to Dali's lobster phone. I guess my mistake was to use a real mushroom rather than a plastic replica, as Salvador used for his lobster. So sadly, the mushroom and Ericsson phone is no longer available but if any millionaires in Putney are interested in buying the original image as a non fungible token on the Bitcoin block chain I'm open to offers stating at $10×10⁶ 🙂https://flic.kr/p/2iR2voj

Michael Ixer ● 35d

Alexander, I will start the bidding at 50p.  If you sign it, I’ll give you a £1.

Martine Guy ● 35d

I knew I had forgotten something!  Should have called in at Leyland on the way home.
Isn’t this a case of the Emperor’s new clothes?  It needs to be treated with the derision it deserves.

Martine Guy ● 35d

I mam currently working on a kiwifuit and Sellotape. Would Tate Modern be interested?

Alexander MacLeod ● 35d

Have you got the duct tape to stick them on the wall?🙂

Michael Ixer ● 35d

I went to Sainsbury’s today and bought 5 bananas for £0.70.  Bargain! As mentioned in first post, The New York Times says the installation comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots. Sothebys must laughing all the way to the bank at the commission on this. Seriously, shouldn’t the tech and crypto billionaires be taxed more, if they can spend this much money on a banana stuck to a wall with tape?

Martine Guy ● 35d

Totally ridiculous!  I really cannot call that "art"....

Ivonne Holliday ● 35d