Maurizio Cattelan
Italian sculptor and conceptual artist (born 1960)
Photo: Maurizio Cattelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Jun 1
Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' banana stolen from Centre Pompidou-Metz, museum files criminal complaint
The banana from Maurizio Cattelan's iconic artwork 'Comedian' was stolen from the Centre Pompidou-Metz over the weekend, prompting the museum to file a criminal complaint against unknown perpetrators for the first time.
- May 31
Cattelan's $6.2M banana stolen from French museum — again — prompting a police complaint this time
The perishable star of Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' vanished from the Centre Pompidou-Metz on Saturday, the second incident in under a year after a visitor ate the fruit last July.