The Banana That Broke the Internet: Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' Heads to Auction at Sotheby's

[@liamc7097]

A banana taped to a wall sold for £5million? This is ludicrous. It's worth £6million at least.

[@Zoltan-sb2hh]

😂👍

[@playfoolbrush838]

the buyer bought fame with ego. no art were sold. now he got free marketing.

[@nicolasb.henry294]

This is how our society is stupid, egocentric and brainwashed. Art is the reflet of the civilisation we live in. As we arte are actually not living in a civilisation what do you expect? This work is a brilliant depiction of this sinking ands stupid society.

[@maxhell4033]

My cat vomited in his bowl today, how many millions can I sell it for?

[@atirossi5008]

Action! I will sell 3 bananas. The price is 12 million

[@Wasnt-1]

minions would've pay anything for that art

[@chemicalfrankie1030]

Sold yesterday for 6.5 millions. Minions were right.

[@RaymondCore-ts5jl]

How pretentious do you have to be to take this seriously?

[@aclark903]

How hungry does it make you?

[@Sardarapat1918]

This world is crazy and stupid 😂

[@atoms-to-atoms]

it embraces the intellectually dishonesty that art can provide.

[@allenvoss7977]

This is a society that is embracing pure diarrhea and calling art

[@aclark903]

Not at all. God made 🍌 bananas & they are good!

[@GG-uz8us]

His art brings out the true side of human beings.

[@enensis]

so you pay $6mil for the art but you don't actually own the banana and tape physically you just get a NFT saying you own the banana and tape which actually doesn't exist in the real world. so You paid $6mil for an idea of the art. My god the world is weird

[@Wi-Fi-SUOMI]

Tell me, if anyone knows if there is a second planet “EARTH” somewhere without idiots, I want to fly there...

[@woden3894]

A bit ridiculous! what is ridiculous is paying $1.5 million for the concept of taping a banana to a wall. The money would be better spent by flushing it down the golden toilet.

[@jefjohnson2430]

5 million. And it is not “taping a banana to a wall”

[@fernoliar1499]

​@@jefjohnson2430 its a banana taped to a wall. I am quite certaint that its just taping a banana to a wall.

[@jefjohnson2430]

No. It is a concept. There is no banana. Only instructions for recreating the installation, which is widely considered the most significant work of art of the 21st century. Why? Because of the massive response to the work. It seems ridiculous and that is a large component of the work, which is titled "Comedian." At $5.2 million, quite a steal, actually.

[@fernoliar1499]

​@@jefjohnson2430 you are smoking something else if thats what you belive.

[@largent9474]

😁😝😂🤣

[@nolomite3921]

This reminds me of an insult someone once said, something along the line of having to be college educated to be able to say something so stupid.

[@rickleemusic1]

One man's art is EVERYONE else's garbage! The money spent should have been used for something charitable.

[@rain-m9y]

The conflict is born, when an everyday object is presented in the frame of a work of art, gets a name and a price, then people send it away, because they don't understand the irony🙂

[@KrisJenner2528]

Is it a real banana? Do they replace the banana regularly to keep it from spoiling?

[@Millylerks]

the banana doesnt really exist. its just a concept.

[@KrisJenner2528]

@@Millylerks I was curious so I looked it up. When you purchase this piece it comes with a certificate of authenticity but no banana or tape. It does, however, come with explicit instructions on how to recreate it, including how high it should be hung from the floor, the length of the tape, and how often you should change the banana.

[@藏物纳钩]

@@Millylerkslike Bitcoin

[@dustinshutson]

​@@藏物纳钩 or the u.s. dollar

[@paultardspambot]

@@KrisJenner2528 so you pay millions and dont even get the banana? sounds like NFTs

[@Tod_oMal]

Can I watch this live event online? Link?

[@masterwatch]

the same sort of thing happened before the Roman Empire fell..

[@paultardspambot]

people taped bananas to walls?

[@filisildaanino5725]

MABUHAY 👍 Where are you guys from???

[@star_wars_miniatures]

I hate art like this because it makes people who have absolutely no idea about art talk about it 😅😅 I’d put banksy fans and Taylor swift music in this bracket too! Art for the masses!!

[@gatessutherland8227]

It's transverssive

[@Navoii.]

This is just funny to me. I wouldn’t spend that much on it, but I do think this is a good work of art… to a limit, because it managed to get so much attention from so little, which just comes to show how unpredictable the internet is

[@KyleHolsey-eb7ed]

Or just shows how many idiots are on the internet

[@rustler160]

It is breathtaking!

[@monicad99]

This is ART. the art of the CON.

[@ttedstone]

Most artists would not call that art.

[@S.L.S-407]

This is how desperate the art world is to find something to sell. It's no longer about the skill of the artist, like Van Gogh or Renoir. It's about novelty, because there are no more great works of art available and the sellers have to sell something in order to survive. Throw a couple of buckets of paint on a canvas and add a few splatters and the art world will talk of the great skill and the unique technique that is shown in this MASTERPIECE. Now that is desperate ! HA HA HA, fools. : )

[@paultardspambot]

"no great works of art avaailable" Really? Billions of people and no one makes great art? The things from the past we think of as "great art" are considered so because of the attention they got and the influence they had. You can go to deviantart and find great artworks, depending on your taste. But in terms of high money auctions, its about notoriety, not some notion of pure aesthetic quality. It's a form of status symbol. Some one may love a painting or sculpture, but they aren't going to pay millions if there isn't a comparable resale value. Think about it, if it was just the aesthetic appeal, a copy of a famous painting should be worth equal to the original. Whats brings up the price is the value and hence the money certain kind of people would spend. Ancient artifacts are often considered "priceless" not because a piece of pottery or a stone is so incredible, but a valuation by recognition of the history and scarcity.

[@troll-42069]

Best artwork ❤

[@ani-n4t]

Is this art? Where did humanity go??

[@nicolasb.henry294]

To Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

[@judydyer]

"Comedy never won best picture" ??? WRONG!.........."Bridesmaids" , a pure comedy, won best picture.

[@diegoluisbetter7312]

Except it literally did not

[@davidrawzen8232]

One man’s world is another man’s nothing. ) I saw the image once on Facebook or something, wondered “what is it?” and then continued to the next post. That simple… )

[@kevinhealey6540]

I made the exact same thing and I'll chage 1/10 of what was paid out.

[@정길주-w9p]

좋아요 멋찝니다😊😊😊

[@andrewo6890]

Start of the End….

[@pala7233]

L'art comptant pour rien, comme dit Franck Lepage. Le tragique c'est qu'un imbécile va dépenser entre 1 et 1,5 million pour un certificat d'authenticité. Au moins ça fera un imbécile heureux. Le scandale c'est le pognon que se fait Sotheby's sur l'imbécillité de certaines personnes qui ont trop d'argent et qui ne savent plus quoi en faire.

[@filisildaanino5725]

AGREE 👍 Hey Hello 👋

[@benbonk210]

$Ban token is on fire 💥

[@alexanderrodriguez6273]

Thank you for sharing this supplemental information regarding and pertaining to mauricio's a banana to a white wall that sold for $6.2 million in November 20th 2024 it's ridiculously hilarious and funny and that is what I really think captures the essence of this artistic way of expressing oneself to provoke humorous funny humor amongst the thousands were hundreds of people the video has gone viral and it's very perplexing because It gives us a clear understanding how simplicity in all this art form can be beautiful duct taping a banana to the wall is mind boggling an insane devious thing to do but not only does it provoke humor but it also mix the individual think about life and in all its ramifications it's interesting because 50% of RNA genome can be found in the banana implying that humanity owes his existence to a banana so I I honestly think with the mastermind Is trying to project that we owe our existence to the fundamental glue what can be found down to the subatomic level of a banana which would be potassium! Accompanied by, hydrogen! oxygen! nitrogen! and carbon!

[@fernoliar1499]

Are you high?

[@LiberlandTV]

❤

[@fluffylee]

8:36 …a different kind of appeal. “A peal” 😂 9:16 …found that distasteful 😂

[@jackwilliamburgess]

So this is a replica, if the first original got eaten? 😅

[@judydyer]

How to make art if you're NOT an artist.

[@traderpac]

Banana tape wall ❤ $BTW

[@marting1554]

i like the banana with the Queen's picture on it........state of the art!

[@paul_domici]

The most successful artist is the Bullshit Artist!!!

[@the2dreamers]

Until now in Jesus Holy Perfect Name Hallelujah

[@JuanRamirez-z8v]

bullshit

[@TatianaGru]

Следующий шаг будет подвешенный на верёвочке использованный презерватив. "Искусствоведы" будут с серьёзными лицами обсуждать это новое произведение искусства. Поднимется ажиотаж, придут толпы зевак... Найдётся и покупатель. А что за этим стоит? Насмешка над искусством? А может, организованная преступность?

[@thml-u1o]

ban

[@175yam1]

😂

[@Joe-vb6zv]

Get yourself a bag of the coin of this Art piece on Solana blockchain $btw banana tape wall

[@paultardspambot]

Most of the commenters here seem to miss the point. Whatever you think about it, the artist and the art world are very much in on the inherent absurdity and what it says about the art world, and thats central to the perceived value by some. The things people are saying are the exact type of responses the artist intends to invoke. Of course it's subjective and you can still think thats stupid or just a "meta con" so to speak, but many here are commenting repeating the surface level reactions that were very much central to what the artist was trying to do. Its legit to reject that but seems like a lot here arent even getting that