Crypto entrepreneur eats million dollar duct-taped banana – DW – 11/29/2024
A banana that had been duct-taped to a wall as an art installation was eaten on Friday by the man who bought it on auction, during a press conference meant to bring the artwork to its fruitful end.
Cryptocurrency entrepeneur Justin Sun acquired the work of art by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan for $6.2 million (€5.8 million) at an auction of the prestigious Sotheby’s auction house.
Sun said the duct-taped banana, titled “Comedian,” was not just an artwork, but that it also represented “a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community.”
The founder of crypto exchange Tron said after purchasing the banana that he intended to eat it, “honoring its place in both art history and…
