From Reuters.

🍌 Food, art, or both? A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 million to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, Sotheby’s said, furthering the universal conversation about what constitutes art.

Art piece ‘Comedian,’ by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, first rocked the art world upon its debut at Miami’s Art Basel in 2019, drawing such large crowds that the exhibit had to be taken down for public safety and to protect other works on display.

At Sotheby’s in New York, it went from a starting price of $800,000 to $5.2 million when the hammer fell about five minutes later, plus a buyer’s premium, or fee.

Sun said he would eat the banana, as at least two spectators have done in other galleries on the piece’s trip around the world. 🔗 Read what else Sun had to say about his purchase at our link in bio.

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