The Banana That Cost $120,000

Emerzi
3 min readOct 6, 2023

Contemporary Art(?) — Part 1

A ripe banana hanging on a white wall with silver duct tape.
Photo by TOTENART

December 2019, Art Basel’s Biennial Fair, the world probably met the most expensive banana in the history of all humanity. It would leave any farmer with a smile as wide as an emoji’s, but this feat was not achieved by a farmer or some fruit shop. In fact, the responsible for this is the talented (believe it or not, it may not seem like it, but he is truly talented (no irony here))…

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Emerzi

Visual artist, painter and someone who love to write and read.