Maurizio Cattelan
Five years after the banana frenzy, Maurizio Cattelan takes aim at gun violence at Art Basel Miami Beach
The artist is debuting a new work, intended as a statement on gun violence, at Gagosian’s stand
‘Most of the value comes from the internet’: collector Justin Sun discusses the future of digital art and his newly acquired banana work at Hong Kong event
The crypto entrepreneur spoke to The Art Newspaper about his journey into collecting, how he feels technology is transforming the art market, and more
Crypto investor eats Cattelan banana he bought for $6.2m
Justin Sun, who purchased the work just last week, also pledged to buy 100,000 bananas from the vendor who originally sold the fruit for $0.25
The $6.2m banana, Frank Auerbach remembered, Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s photographs of addiction in South Africa—podcast
Exploring this week’s New York auctions, which included Maurizio Cattelan’s now-infamous fruit, plus a tribute to the late German-British artist Auerbach and a chat with Sobekwa about a work from his powerful series, on view at the UK’s Sainsbury Centre
‘The world's most expensive banana’: Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian fetches $6.2m at Sotheby’s New York
The buyer, the collector and crypto investor Justin Sun, immediately vowed to eat the banana
Maurizio Cattelan’s famous duct-taped banana could bring more than $1m at auction
"Comedian" (2019) is one of the most viral (and controversial) works of art of the past decade; Sotheby's is betting it has not lost its a-peel
Maurizio Cattelan is the latest artist to take aim at US gun culture—but he's hardly the first
At Gagosian, he trains his weapon of social satire on violence as a source of wealth
Maurizio Cattelan’s bullet-strewn gold installation in New York draws a connection between wealth and violence
The artist's latest work, on show at Gagosian, was created with the help of a Brooklyn gun range
Suspects in Maurizio Cattelan’s gold toilet theft may soon be charged
Loo worth £5m was removed from Blenheim Palace in 2019
Florida judge squashes copyright infringement lawsuit over Maurizio Cattelan’s banana
The judge dismissed a suit brought by artist Joe Morford claiming he had made the original taped-banana work in 2001
Hungry art student eats Maurizio Cattelan’s banana work
The student, who was visiting a major Cattelan exhibition at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, taped the empty banana peel back to the wall
Artist can take Maurizio Cattelan to court over banana work, says Florida judge
Joe Morford claims that the viral Comedian piece infringes copyright on his own duct tape work Banana & Orange
Paris court rejects wax sculptor’s claim he is the true creator of eight Maurizio Cattelan works
Daniel Druet, who created hyperrealist likenesses of Pope John Paul II, Hitler and others for Cattelan, was seeking €6m in compensation and to be declared the works’ “sole author”
Maurizio Cattelan takes on death in Milan: artist hangs his own effigy in new show and donates Mafia attack work to the city
As Milano Art Week begins, Massimo de Carlo gallery is exhibiting the artist's one-work project while the crematorium is hosting one of his important early works
Maurizio Cattelan: 'Life is often tragic and comedic at the same time'
The artist behind 2019's viral banana installation talks to us about his newest pigeon sculptures at Miami, what he hopes his art communicates to audiences, and why it was important for him to create a 9/11 memorial
Maurizio Cattelan unveils memorial to 9/11 in new Milan show—20 years after witnessing tragedy
Idea for the project was considered "too emotionally fraught" for New York by Guggenheim chief curator
Banana tape artist Maurizio Cattelan creates Vanity Fair Hollywood cover featuring Zendaya and Awkwafina
Damien Hirst offers to swap any work for viral duct-tape banana—but Maurizio Cattelan says no
Curator Francesco Bonami has created his own version for the British artist as a consolation prize
Three virtual readings to check out this weekend
From Maurizio Cattelan's Bedtime Stories to Neïl Beloufa's post-capitalist fable featuring camels and foxes
Performance artist who ate Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 banana launches interactive food show in New York
The five stages of an art world scandal
Creating the ultimate art shock takes more than sticking a banana to the wall
King Tut’s golden year, Koons’s worst: the highs and lows of the art world in 2019
As Notre Dame burned, protestors called the shots and a gold toilet vanished, it was certainly a year to remember
Bananaman: who is Maurizio Cattelan? Plus, art and comedy
Everything you need to know about the artist behind the infamous banana. Plus, we talk to UK comedians Rob Auton, Jenny Eclair and Annie McGrath about the charity exhibition Art is the Best Medicine. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Permanent a-peel: $120,000 banana will enter museum collection
Miami collectors William and Beatrice Cox will donate the fruit piece to an unnamed institution
Maurizio Cattelan presents first new work for a fair in 15 years—and it is a banana priced at $120,000
The piece of fruit taped to a wall at Art Basel in Miami Beach "offers insight into how we assign worth", Perrotin gallery says
'I wish it was a prank': Maurizio Cattelan on the surreal theft of his golden toilet
Man arrested after 18-carat lavatory was forcibly removed from Blenheim Palace
'Art's most high-profile provocateur' Maurizio Cattelan on his new Blenheim Palace show
Known for this dangling horse and gold toilet, the Italian artist's exhibition is in the unlikely setting of Winston Churchill's birthplace
Bad guy? Billie Eilish video by Dave Meyers mirrors the work of artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
The director seems to once again have borrowed from the work of visual artists, which has previously led to lawsuits against Kendrick Lamar and Ariana Grande