Maurizio Cattelan

So ABITO's segments are divided by different eras and decades, from the 1900s till today.

How were the designs and designers chosen? Because for me, personally, my favorite Italian contemporary artist and prankster, Maurizio Cattelan, has designed furniture, but not so prolifically.

But he's not showcased in Abito, so how did you choose them?

Because there is a, a, a, a rule, so the Abito is not representing, uh, let's say, the most beautiful design-

in order to understand and to use the role of the women in the Western society in the last 100 years.

So, uh, was a very, uh, was very d- let's say, difficult just to select between a thousand of pieces, the one that was, uh, creating a best dialogue between the, uh, the evolution of the fashion of the woman and the same time how the design, uh, so the way we live was connected with this evolution.

So of course, Maurizio Cattelan was expressing very much the idea of art-

Mm

On Friday, at one of Hong Kong's most luxurious hotels, Sun ate the banana in front of journalists and influencers.

He described the conceptual work, titled Comedian, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, as iconic and likened conceptual art to cryptocurrency.

After taking a bite, Sun remarked that the banana tasted better than others he had tried, calling it really quite good.

The artwork was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York, with Sun among seven bidders.

Welcome to Art Virgins, the podcast where two clueless friends with zero art background are learning what actually makes art worth understanding and worth collecting.

In today's episode, Zahra will talk about the artist Maurizio Cattelan, one of the most provocative artists of this century.

And Sami is going to tell us about Gustave Eiffel, a collector that went from forgotten to immortal.

Are you ready to dive in?

[laughs] And I realized that I actually know the artist.

I mean, I knew a lot about him without knowing who he was.

I'm talking about Maurizio Cattelan.

That-

Like, it's the beginning of taking something that is an everyday view and converting it into something else to change your viewpoint of it.

As we were finishing up at the Guggenheim, we got to see Comedian by Maurizio Cattelan.

This is the banana and the duct tape.

Yes.