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A Performance Artist Ripped The $120,000 Banana Off The Wall At Art Basel Miami – And Ate It

VISUAL Posted: December 8, 2019 4:30 am

The New York-based performance artist David Datuna recorded for Instagram (of course) the removal and eating of the banana, a much-discussed artwork by Maurizio Cattelan. But, plot twist: “Gallery officials replaced the banana with another one, saying that the artwork was not destroyed and that the banana was simply an ‘idea.'” – The New York Times

VISUAL Published: 12.07.19

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 12.07.19

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