“What you buy when you buy Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’ is not the banana itself, but a certificate of authenticity that grants the owner the permission and authority to reproduce this banana and duct tape on their wall as an original artwork by Maurizio Cattelan,” said Sotheby's head of contemporary art, David Galp

A controversial piece of art has sold for millions of dollars at auction, prompting debate as to what constitutes art.

Cryptocurrency platform TRON founder Justin Sun says he wants to honour the viral artwork's place in art history and popular culture by eating it.

A fresh banana taped to a wall -- a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan -- was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction.

Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" is projected to fetch over $1 million at a Sotheby’s auction tonight. Here's why.