“A mouthful of pleasure, a mouthful of energy, eat the banana at both ends! “. We still don’t know if Justin Sun, the young Chinese-American entrepreneur who made his fortune in cryptocurrencies, followed the advice of this old television commercial from the 80s. But the one who bought the work of the iconoclastic artist Maurizio … Read more
It’s just a banana taped to a wall. However, the work of Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan once again caused a sensation on the art market, Wednesday November 20, 2024, in New York, since it was purchased there… 6.2 million dollars, by a Chinese-American entrepreneur! In the Sotheby’s sales room, seven buyers or their representatives … Read more
The affair could make you smile, but not for Paulina Brandberg. The Swedish Minister for Equality between Women and Men suffers from “bananophobia”, an irrational fear of bananas which can trigger anxiety attacks, which she called “the worst phobia in the world” on X in 2020 This inconvenience could have stopped there, but the minister’s … Read more
Here is information that will certainly fuel the sarcasm of detractors of contemporary art (unless it slips over them like a foot on a banana peel). Sotheby’s New York will auction, on November 20, Comedian (“Humorist”) by Maurizio Cattelan, which consists of a banana attached to the wall with adhesive tape. The work of the … Read more