Bananas? Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Comedian Fetches $6.2M at Sotheby’s
Comedian (2019)—Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous banana duct-taped to a wall—caper took the art world by storm, fetching $6.2 million
21 November 2024
Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan: Duck Taped Banana To Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Rarely has an artwork processed the transformative power of aesthetics and shaped cultural narratives like Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’. Consisting of… Read More
27 October 2024
Milano And Beyond Ilka Scobie Explores Summer Exhibitions In Italy
Lombardia’s rich cultural heritage is much more than the famous Milanese Duomo, museums, galleries and the Prada Foundation.
26 June 2023
Maurizio Cattelan Sued – New York Auction Industry Deregulation – Major Tate Liverpool Refurbishment
The Italian Conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan is being sued in Paris over intellectual property infringement.
5 May 2022
Researchers Create Whitest White Paint – Maurizio Cattelan At Pirelli HangarBicocca – Yoko Ono Unveils Wish Tree In Washington
Researchers Create Whitest White Paint – Yoko Ono Unveils Wish Tree In Washington – Maurizio Cattelan At Pirelli HangarBicocca
21 April 2021
Maurizio Cattelan: Broken Plumbing And Leaky Democracy – Blenheim Palace – Paul Black
Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Victory is Not an Option’ is a perfectly timed exhibition that parodies Britain’s long slide into populist self-destruction.
20 September 2019
Gold Toilet By Maurizio Cattelan Stolen From Blenheim Palace
Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous solid 18-carat gold sculpture of a toilet has been stolen from his exhibition at Blenheim Palace. Thames Valley Police said that a gang broke into the palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire at about 4:50 BST and stole the artwork.
14 September 2019
Maurizio Cattelan: Blenheim Art Foundation Exhibition Announced For Autumn
The first solo exhibition in twenty years of work by Maurizio Cattelan is to be mounted at Blenheim Palace this autumn, running from 12 September – 27 October 2019
3 May 2019
Toilet Paper Installation Proves Popular For Fondation Beyeler At Basel Miami
Maze of Quotes by Toilet Paper has transformed The Fondation Beyeler stand at Art Basel in Miami Beach 2016. The collaborative magazine project by artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari has taken over Fondation Beyeler’s entire exhibition space into three distinct settings.
6 December 2016
Maurizio Cattelan America: New Site-specific Work Unveiled At Guggenheim NY
Maurizio Cattelan’s new, site-specific work opens to the public at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum today September 16, 2016. For “America”, the artist replaces… Read More
16 September 2016
Exaggerated Narratives and Performativity Feature In Luxembourg Dayan’s New Summer Show
“The constraints of melodrama can be a great blessing, because they demand that all the characters involved – as absurd and… Read More
23 June 2016
Maurizio Cattelan Kneeling Hitler Sculpture Breaks Auction Record At Christie’s
Maurizio Cattelan’s statue of Hitler on his knees has broken auction records for a work by the artist. It was… Read More
9 May 2016
Maurizio Cattelan: Solid Gold Toilet Blockage At NY’s Guggenheim
The Italian/American artist Maurizio Cattelan has often been described as the art world’s resident prankster and provocateur. He now emerges… Read More
5 May 2016
Maurizio Cattelan Erects Hitler Praying Sculpture In Warsaw Ghetto
A sculpture of Adolf Hitler, praying on his knees by the well known Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, has created controversy… Read More
30 December 2012
Whitechapel Gallery Presents Maurizio Cattelan From The Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection
The Whitechapel Gallery is mounting rarely seen works of art from the Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo – opening with a… Read More
11 June 2012