Art & Design

Crypto boss buys a banana for £5m

Seriously?: The sale was the first time that “Comedian” (above) had appeared at auction, after first making a splash at Miami’s Art Basel fair in 2019 before travelling the world. The banana is one of an edition of three.

Has he gone bananas? The artist Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial work Comedian has sold for an enormous sum. Some think the art world has lost the plot.