Viral banana artwork: Crypto entrepreneur makes purchase for $6.2M, then eats it

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun purchased Maurizio Cattelan’s famed banana duct-taped to a wall artwork for $6.2 million. But it didn’t last long, as Sun immediately ate it. 

This marks the third time someone has publicly eaten the Italian artist’s conceptual artwork, titled “Comedian,” which is comprised simply of a banana fastened with duct tape to a wall. This time, it happened days after Sun won the artwork at a Sotheby’s art auction in New York.

Sun, who founded the Tron blockchain in 2017, was filmed eating the viral fruit during a news conference in Hong Kong on Friday. To commemorate the moment, he posted a little tongue-in-cheek comment on X about the taste of the viral fruit. 

VIRAL BANANA ARTWORK DUCT-TAPED TO WALL SELLS FOR $6.2M

To be honest, for a banana with such a back story, the taste is naturally different from…

Read more…

spot_imgspot_img

Latest news

Related news

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here