A controversial piece of art, a banana taped to a wall, was auctioned for billions of rupees in New York.
The artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is not an oil painting, photograph, or unique sculpture, but a fresh fruit—a banana taped to a wall. This banana was sold for nearly 1.5 billion rupees.
The winning bidder, Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, stated that the piece represents a cultural trend linking the worlds of art, memes, micro-electromechanical systems, and the cryptocurrency community.
In 2019, Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘artwork’—a banana taped to a wall—was auctioned for $120,000, leaving social media users stunned. That year, the Italian artist presented three bananas for sale at the Art Museum in Miami, each of which was auctioned for $120,000.
