A fair visitor inspects Maurizio Cattelan's sculpture Comedian at Perrotin's stand at Art Basel Miami Beach David Owens
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has gratefully accepted the gift of Comedian, the banana art conceived by Maurizio Cattelan that was taped to the wall at the booth of the gallery Perrotin at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair last December.
The donor was anonymous, and the work gifted consists of a certificate of authenticity and a long list of instructions with diagrams on how it should be installed or displayed, the Guggenheim says. The donation does not include the original banana itself or the duct tape that was used to attach it to the wall of the Perrotin booth. It was the first new piece that Cattelan had offered at a fair in more than 15 years.
The Guggenheim does not say when it might display it. Replacement bananas will presumably have to be recycled if the work goes on view.
"Maurizio Cattelan's work has been important to the recent history of the Guggenheim,” the New York museums director, Richard Armstrong, says, adding, “We are grateful recipients of the gift of ComedRead More – Source
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