Opinion
Maurizio Cattelan Is No Duchamp
One elevated the prosaic. The other merely gilded the familiar.
Maurizio Cattelan
News
Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet Can Soon Be Yours
“America” (2016) will lead Sotheby's “The Now and Contemporary” evening sale on November 18.
News
Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan Banana Invests $100M in Trump Crypto
Billionaire Justin Sun is the largest holder of the president’s meme coin, which has raised concerns among ethics watchdogs.
News
Newly Released Footage Shows Theft of 18-Karat Golden Toilet
The $6.1 million artwork by Maurizio Cattelan was stolen from the Blenheim Palace in England in September 2019.
Opinion
The Banana That Made Me Sick to My Stomach
Maurizio Cattelan swims in the same swamp as those he pretends to parody.
News
Maurizio Cattelan Banana Artwork Could Fetch $1M at Auction
The infamous fruit taped to a wall divided viewers and critics when it debuted at Art Basel in Miami in 2019.
News
Is Maurizio Cattelan’s Latest Work a Copy?
Cattelan's new installation of gold panels punctured by bullets resembles works that artist Anthony James has been making since 2011.
Art
Inside the Vatican's Uncanny Venice Biennale Pavilion
Con i miei occhi (With my eyes), staged in a women’s prison, preaches visibility but operates on secrecy.
News
Vatican Taps Maurizio Cattelan for Venice Biennale
The artist behind the infamous duct-taped banana will create an outdoor installation for the Vatican’s exhibition, held in a women’s prison on the island of Giudecca.
News
Shit Hits the Fan for Alleged Thieves of $6M Gold Toilet
Maurizio Cattelan's sculpture "America," a functioning 18-karat gold toilet, was stolen from Blenheim Palace in the UK in 2019.
News
Art Student Eats Maurizio Cattelan Banana
Noh Huyn-soo ate an edition of “Comedian” (2019) on display at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul.
Satire
From Cattelan's Golden Toilet to Bored Apes, We Think This Art Should Be on Succession
Shiv would definitely have a Chihuly chandelier.