'VERY TASTY': An art piece of a banana duct-taped to a wall at Miami's Art Basel and sold for $150,000, was eaten by New York-based performance artist David Datuna as spectators watched.
The controversy-stirring artwork first sold for $120,000, and then was sold two more times for $120,000 to $150,000, reported The Times.
When asked what he was doing by an attendee at the show, Datuna allegedly stated that he was a performance artist, according to theTo many people's surprise, the consumed banana does not actually reduce the artwork's price, Lucien Terras, director of museum relations for Galerie Perrotin, told the Miami Herald.
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