
The $6.2 Million Banana: Exploring the Significance of Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian
In 2019, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan unveiled Comedian, a banana duct-taped to a wall, at Art Basel Miami Beach. The artwork sparked instant global fascination, with some seeing it as genius and others dismissing it as absurd. Fast forward to 2024, Comedian once again made headlines when it sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction, solidifying its status