‘Very tasty’: Artist takes bite of US$120,000 banana at Art Basel

A Georgian-born American performance artist ate a piece of artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan on exhibition at Perrotin stand in Art Basel in Miami Beach, Fla., on Saturday. David Datuna can be heard saying, “Very tasty,” to the oogling crowd after eating the banana that was taped to the wall as part of Cattelan’s artwork titled “Comedian”. The piece, one of a series of three, fetched US$120,000 last week, according to media sources.