Comedian, Maurizio Cattelan’s instant classic, sold for more than quadruple some estimates at Sotheby’s this week. How one work, and its worth, both satirizes and explains the meme-y days ahead.

LONDON -Two men were jailed on Friday for stealing an 18-carat golden toilet that had been on display as an artwork in an ...

Auction house Sotheby’s said on Friday that Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's “Comedian” duct-taped banana artwork is up for auction once again, this time at an estimated $1 million to $1.5 ...

Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” has fetched a phenomenal $6.2 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun snapped up the controversial work, ...

Artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece of art “Comedian” hangs on display during an auction preview at Sotheby’s in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.

Maurizio Cattelan‘s Comedian, which consists of the yellow fruit duct-taped to a wall, will be up for grabs at Sotheby’s upcoming The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction with a current ...

A woman looks at artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece of art “Comedian” during an auction preview at Sotheby’s in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.

Artist Maurizio Cattelan's piece of art "Comedian" hangs on display during an auction preview at Sotheby's in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. Credit: AP/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez ...

Maurizio Cattelan’s 'Bones' Feature Gold-Plated Panels With Bullet Holes: Exploring the uneasy relationship between material wealth and the widespread availability of deadly weapons.

Oliver Barker hammered Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian for $5.2 million ($6.2 million with fees) at Sotheby’s “The Now and Contemporary Auction” on November 20. Courtesy of Sotheby's With ...

Turns out that crypto bros love “Comedian,” Maurizio Cattelan’s now-infamous work consisting of a banana with duct tape, a spoof of art-world capitalism.

I had imagined that Maurizio Cattelan’s “All” -- a retrospective that consists of nearly every work he’s ever made, suspended via cables and a truss from the Guggenheim’s ceiling -- would look like a ...