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French museum reports theft of banana from Italian artist’s multimillion-dollar work
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A French museum reported the theft of a banana taped to a wall as part of Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian," a piece worth millions that was purchased by cryptocurrency founder Justin Sun in 2024.
French museum reports theft of banana from Italian artist’s multimillion-dollar work
A museum in eastern France on Sunday reported to police the theft of a banana that forms a core part of a multimillion-dollar artwork by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan.
The missing fruit – which was taped to a wall to form the provocative work by Cattelan called “Comedian” – was noticed by a guard on Saturday to have gone missing.
An iteration of the artwork was bought by Chinese-born cryptocurrency founder Justin Sun in 2024. He forked out US$6.2 million for the work, then days later..
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