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Divisive royal portraits and a $6.2-million banana: 2024’s biggest art controversies
Here are 13 of the controversies that entertained, shook and shaped the art world in 2024: For some, the line between modern ... Anyone outraged that a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $ ...
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Banana taped to wall expected to sell for $1M+ at art auction
John Nacion/Getty Images Catch up quick: Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" debuted at Art Basel ... of a banana taped to a wall has risen at least 733%. The bottom line: The piece ...
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Modern Art: When a Banana is Just a Banana
After four years of art school, Mr. Cattelan must have cycled through countless theories of what a banana is “supposed” to be. Is it a kind of phallic idol? A slippery, cylindrical ...