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French Museum Reports Theft of Arty Banana
The museum said it replaced the fruit and filed a theft complaint after a guard found the artwork’s banana missing.
- On Sunday, the Pompidou-Metz museum in France reported the theft of a banana forming the centerpiece of Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian" to police, after a guard noticed it missing on Saturday.
- To keep the work contemporary, the perishable banana centerpiece is replaced every three days, making routine maintenance essential for the conceptual artwork.
- Interference with the piece is not new; performance artist David Datuna ate the banana at the 2019 Art Basel show in Miami Beach, saying he felt "hungry."
- The Pompidou-Metz lodged a criminal complaint against persons unknown, stating "there is no possibility of dialogue" because the perpetrator remains unidentified and this marks the second incident.
- Beyond the banana, Cattelan is known for the gold toilet "America," which was stolen from an 18th-century stately home in the United Kingdom, birthplace of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill.
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·Zürich, Switzerland
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·Frankfurt, Germany
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Multimillion-dollar banana: French museum artwork 'Comedian', eaten twice before, is now stolen
Europe News: The Pompidou-Metz museum in France has reported the theft of a banana artwork titled \"Comedian\" by Maurizio Cattelan. This provocative piece has faced prior incidents of consumption, raising questions about art, value, and respect.
·India
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