Maurizio Catalan – Comedian
Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian, comprised of a banana fastened to a wall with duct tape, sold to cryptocurrency entrepeneur Justin Sun for $6.2 million at the Now and Contemporary auction at Sotheby’s in New York last night. It comes with instructions of how to replace the banana if it rots. The New York Times reported that the actual banana was bought earlier yesterday for 35 cents and Justin Sun, who outbid six other rivals, plans to eat it as part of the artistic experience. Comedian was first unveiled in 2019 and became a viral sensation. Justin Sun runs the Tron blockchain network, which facilitates some cryptocurrency transactions.
