March design news: Maurzio Cattelan goes Greek, art teapots and house paint that changes colour Exhibitions at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, a guide to green wood carving and funeral urns by Alessi The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2025
In Pictures: The week in Culture If a picture paints a thousand words... here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (17-21 March 2025). Euronews · Mar 22, 2025
Jury convicts thieves who stole satirical golden toilet from Churchill’s birthplace The audacious heist of a unique and functioning artwork by conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan has ended with the conviction of three men. Euronews · Mar 19, 2025
Men found guilty of stealing £4.75m golden toilet from Blenheim Palace The fully-functioning 18-carat toilet was a star attraction in an art installation before its theft The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025
Man denies helping thief sell gold from golden toilet after Blenheim Palace raid Frederick Doe is accused of helping James Sheen sell gold from an 18-carat toilet that was stolen in an ‘audacious raid’ at Blenheim Palace in 2019. Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2025
Man accused of stealing gold toilet checked web headlines about raid – court Oxford Crown Court heard that Michael Jones had searched for details about the burglary in the days following the raid at Blenheim Palace in 2019. Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2025
Gold Toilet Stolen From Blenheim Palace In Audacious Raid Learn about the daring heist of a valuable gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, a satirical artwork by Maurizio Cattelan. Top News · Feb 25, 2025
Gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace in ‘audacious raid’, court hears The toilet, which was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was a star attraction in an exhibition Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025
Damien Hirst says banana taped to wall is ‘serious art’ ‘It is everything art gets a bad name for and everything I love about art,’ said the British artist The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2025
‘It is everything art gets a bad name for and everything I love’: Damien Hirst and Cornelia Parker on choosing artworks for schools Antony Gormley and Bridget Riley also pick works to be shown on high-res displays, thanks to a drive to put art at the core of the secondary school cultural syllabus The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2025
From Moo Deng to Me Espresso: it’s the 2024 bumper pop culture quiz of the year Do you know your hot rodent boyfriends, which celebrity is selling feet pics on OnlyFans and who fell off a stage this year? Then this is the quiz for you The Guardian - AU · Dec 24, 2024
The Banana That Broke The Internet: NYC Vendor's Heartbreaking Reaction To $6.2M Auction Shah Alam's 35-cent banana became a $6.2 million art piece, leaving the 74-year-old NYC street vendor stunned and heartbroken. International Business Times · Dec 3, 2024
Bitcoin Billionaire Who Spent Millions On Single Banana Vows To Buy Thousands Of Bananas From Sidewalk Vendor Who Sold Original Fruit For 25 Cents A Bitcoin billionaire has vowed to purchase thousands of bananas from the sidewalk vendor who originally sold the now-famous banana to the artist for 25 cents. International Business Times · Nov 29, 2024
Crypto mogul eats banana he bought for $6.2 million and offers to buy 100,000 more from fruit vendor Maurizio Cattelan was the Italian artist behind the banana art titled ‘Comedian’ The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024
Latin Times · Nov 29, 2024 Bitcoin Billionaire Who Spent Millions on Single Banana Vows to Buy Thousands of Bananas from Sidewalk Vendor Who Sold Original Fruit for 25 Cents A Bitcoin billionaire has vowed to purchase thousands of bananas from the sidewalk vendor who originally sold the now-famous banana to the artist for 25 cents.
Top News · Nov 29, 2024 Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Eats .2M Banana Art Piece In Hong Kong Cryptocurrency entrepreneur buys .2 million banana art, eats it, and invests in Trump family cryptocurrency venture.
Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2024 Crypto-tycoon who bought infamous banana artwork for $6.2million eats fruit in bizarre stunt Justin Sun bought the Maurizio Cattelan banana artwork for millions - and then ate it
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024 Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m Conceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last week
International Business Times · Nov 29, 2024 Crypto Boss Eats Banana Art He Bought For $6.2 Million Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall -- by eating the fruit.
The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024 Heartbreaking reaction of the 74-year-old banana seller who sold 35c fruit that became $6 million artwork A silver duct-taped banana, once sold at a Manhattan fruit stand where bananas are sold for 35 cents each, went for millions at a Sotheby’s auction last week
The Conversation · Nov 27, 2024 A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for £4.9 million – part of the evolving relationship between art and finance On the evening of November 20, Sotheby’s auction house sold an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan for an astonishing sum. The piece, entitled Comedian, is not a conventional painting or sculpture. It consists of an ordinary banana, duct-taped to a wall at a jaunty angle. The hammer price? A staggering US$6.2…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2024 The Observer view: Selling a piece of fruit for £4m isn’t bananas, it’s decadent. Art is better than this The sale of Maurizio Cattelan’s work, Comedian, to a crypto entrepreneur is a grim concept that has little to do with disruption
Fortune · Nov 21, 2024 Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buys $6 million banana—and plans to eat it unless Elon Musk wants to send it to space Sun outbid six others for the iconic work.
Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024 Thieves steal banana from famous $6.2m art piece in French museum A banana taped to a wall, part of Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2m 'Comedian' artwork, has been stolen from France's Centre Pompidou-Metz
Latin Times · Nov 21, 2024 Chinese Crypto Founder Buys Banana Taped to Wall for $6 Million, Says He Will Eat It A Chinese crypto founder just bought a banana taped to a wall for $6 million, and said he plans to eat it as part of a "unique artistic experience."