{"id":18191,"date":"2024-11-22T06:25:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18191"},"modified":"2024-11-22T06:25:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:25:37","slug":"duct-taped-banana-artwork-sells-for-6-2m-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18191","title":{"rendered":"Duct-taped banana artwork sells for $6.2m in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maurizio Cattelan’s provocative artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall has fetched $6.2m (\u00a34.9m) at Sotheby’s in New York – four times higher than pre-sale estimates.<\/p>\n

The auction house says Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun outbid six other rivals to get the “Comedian” installation of the Italian visual artist on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“In the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience,” Mr Sun was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

The taped banana – now perhaps one of the most expensive fruits ever sold – was actually bought earlier in the day for a mere $0.35, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Comedian” was first unveiled to the public in 2019, instantly becoming a viral sensation and also provoking heated debates about what art is. <\/p>\n

The installation – which has travelled around the world – comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots.<\/p>\n

In fact, the fruit has been eaten not once, but twice.<\/p>\n

In 2023, a South Korean art student helped himself when the installation went on display at Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Art. <\/a><\/p>\n

The museum later placed a new banana in the same spot, local media reported.<\/p>\n

Four years earlier, a performance artist pulled the banana from the wall after the artwork was sold for $120,000 at Art Basel in Miami.<\/p>\n

The banana was swiftly replaced, and no further action was taken.<\/p>\n

Justin Sun runs the Tron blockchain network, which facilitates some cryptocurrency transactions. Last year the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of fraud<\/a>, saying he had falsely inflated trading volumes of TRX, Tron\u2019s crypto token. Mr Sun denies the charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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