Banana taped to wall sells for $6.2 million at art auction – DW – 11/21/2024
A controversial piece of art has sold for millions of dollars at auction, prompting debate as to what constitutes art.
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A work of art by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has been sold for $6.2 million (€5.8 million) at Sotheby's auction house in New York.
But the provocative artwork wasn't an historic oil painting, a thought-provoking piece of photography or a unique sculpture; it was a fresh piece of fruit.
A banana, to be precise. Stuck to a wall with a piece of duct tape.
"This is not just an artwork," insisted the winning bidder, Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun.
"It represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community."
In what a world we live in. And I might kill myself because of poverty. Why does nobody buy a banana from me for a couple million US dollars.
A fucking cryptocurrency entrepreneur bought it. I am so sick of it.
How many lives could have been saved with this amount of money...
