That leaves in place lower court rulings that Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who sold his banana art work, “Comedian,” for about $6.2 million last year, did not rip the idea off of Morford.

All of this is important to keep in mind when considering that Cattelan's "Comedian" is a single banana, reportedly purchased on the day of the auction for $0.35 according to the New York Times ...

Prior to the sale, Sotheby’s confirmed to CNN that neither the tape nor, thankfully, the banana are the originals. “‘Comedian’ is a conceptual artwork, and the actual physical materials ...

Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-tape banana, called "Comedian", was a phenomenon when it debuted in 2019 at Art Basel Miami Beach, as festivalgoers tried to make out whether the single ...

The Post re-created “Comedian” for the paltry sum of $5.75 — buying a banana from a bodega for 80 cents and a roll of heavy-duty duct tape for $4.95. Our replica took less than 60 seconds to ...

there was every reason to think that Comedian—which is, again, literally a banana taped to a wall—would fail to meet the million-dollar reserve. But the lot was guaranteed by the house ...

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur. transcript “Cattelan’s ...

Guggenheim Museum, which received a version of “Comedian” from an anonymous donor a few years ago. The instructions include diagrams and an explanation of how the banana should be installed ...

Maurizio Cattelan's provocative art piece 'Comedian', a banana duct-taped to a wall, will be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York City. The buyer receives a certificate of authenticity and ...

Or, more accurately, Sun purchased a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it Comedian. The piece attracted heavy attention at the busy ...