"EPHEMERIS" by Maurizio Badiani. San Francesco in Lucignano, Tuscany.

@art on Instagram: "This bruised banana stole the show at Art Basel Miami in 2019. Artist Maurizio Cattelan (@mauriziocattelan) presented ‘Comedian,’ a work featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall, priced at a staggering $120,000. Every aspect of the work was carefully considered, from the shape of the fruit, to the angle it was affixed with duct tape to the wall. Cattelan worked on the idea for ‘Comedian’ for about a year, first creating versions in bronze and resin. However, they were never qu