From $120,000 bananas to gold toilets: art provocateur Maurizio Cattelan is back
The Italian artist, who has gained fame by poking fun at the art world, opened his first solo gallery show in over two decades, now with a more serious edge
May 2023
‘Hungry’ South Korean student eats banana from $120,000 artwork – video
Banana drama: ‘hungry’ South Korean student eats $120,000 artwork
August 2022
Banana split: artists set for court battle over who first taped fruit to the wall
Judge rules that Joe Morford has no ‘copyright in bananas or duct tape’ but can take Maurizio Cattelan to court over Comedian piece
December 2019
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Banksy's reindeer and 150 years of Stonehenge snapshots – the week in art
Don't make fun of the $120,000 banana – it's in on the joke
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'Hungry' performance artist eats $120,000 banana art installation – video
Banana artwork that fetched $120,000 is eaten by 'hungry' artist
September 2019
Antony Gormley; Maurizio Cattelan – review
The stolen golden toilet: the perfect punchline to an 18-carat joke
Jonathan Jones
Artist pans claims he orchestrated theft of solid gold toilet
Busted flush: gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace
Hitler and a golden toilet at Churchill's birthplace – Maurizio Cattelan review
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Blake's mythic power and Cattelan's fully-functioning golden toilet – the week in art
Anatomy of an artwork
Maurizio Cattelan’s Him: origins of evil
Your chance to feel very flush: the 18-carat golden toilet hits Britain
May 2019
Flushed with success: solid-gold toilet to be installed at Blenheim
Visitors will be able to spend 18-carat gold penny when artwork arrives at country house in autumn
July 2018
Trump v the art world: from a gold toilet to his latest culture war
The state department has yet to select an artist for next year’s Venice biennale – the latest sign of the Trump administration’s toxic relationship with the arts
January 2018
Shortcuts
Maurizio Cattelan – the artworld prankster whose gold toilet would have been perfect for Trump
White House asks for Van Gogh loan – but Guggenheim offers gold toilet instead
