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The student said damaging the work of art, Maurizio Cattelans \

The student said damaging the work of art, Maurizio Cattelans "Comedian," could be seen as artwork in itself.

It's not the first time a patron has gotten hungry around the piece, which is currently featured in a museum exhibition of the Italian artist's work

For some — the chance to see a banana duct-taped to a wall is to be within touching distance of a sensational moment in recent art history. For others, its

Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s iconic art piece Comedian – a ripe banana duct-taped to a wall and on display at an art museum in Seoul – was eaten by a college student in an act he described as “artwork”.

It is the second time that the fruit has been swiped off the wall and eaten. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Are explicitly polemical art works, by now a tradition in modern culture, related to the wave of rebellions across the world? Or are they just a moneymaking tool?

Statue reduced to shards and then hurriedly swept up by staff after woman touched it with her finger

Food and eating might not come to mind when thinking about contemporary art, but these artists use it as the means and medium in their work.

New Zealanders’ verdicts divided between ‘genius’ and ‘moronic’ as Auckland gallery exhibits fermented vegetable on ceiling