What you buy when you buy Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’ is not the banana itself, but a certificate of authenticity that grants the ...

The buyer of ‘Comedian’ will receive a certificate of authenticity, instructions, a roll of duct tape and one banana.

Comedian Jay Leno says his eye is swollen after he fell down a 60 foot hill. He was staying at a Pennsylvania Hampton Inn when he wanted to have dinner at a restaurant before his show. Instead of ...

Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might ...

This is a banana duct-taped to the wall. It’s a real banana. You could go into a supermarket, buy such a banana, and tape it to the wall. But the chances are your version won’t go to auction for a ...

As Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian," a banana duct-taped to a wall, goes to auction, here's a look back at how the ...

In a story published Nov. 17, 2024, about an upcoming auction of “Comedian,” an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, The Associated ...

A banana duct-taped to a wall first sold in 2019 for $120,000. It could fetch up to $1.5 million this week during a Sotheby’s ...