Museum Visitor Devours $6.2 Million Banana Sculpture
Published on 7.19.25
A visitor to the Pompidou-Metz museum in eastern France bit into a $6.2 million banana artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, which was taped to a wall. The incident occurred last week and security staff intervened quickly. Cattelan expressed disappointment that the person did not eat the skin and tape as well. This is not the first time "Comedian" has been consumed; it was also eaten at Art Basel in Miami Beach in 2019 by performance artist David Datuna, who said he felt hungry while inspecting it.