Banana taped to a wall sells for US$120,000 at Miami art fair

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We’ll be curating stories from management guru John Bittleston and making them free to read.The work is"very Duchamp", said critic Linda Yablonsky, referring to Marcel Duchamp, the French artist whose famous 1917 sculpture,Mr Cattelan's work is also a reference to the time when the artist duct-taped his dealer, Massimo de Carlo, to a gallery wall, she said.Away from Mr Cattelan's latest hit, some found the fair a frustrating experience.

There was a red dot next to a small abstract painting by Ed Clark that Ms Rozell coveted. Anne Collier'sby Roy Lichtenstein, was also spoken for. Works by Mr Clark, an artist who died in October just as his career was taking off, found buyers around the Miami fair. Richard Gray Gallery sold one Clark canvas for more than US$500,000.Mnuchin Gallery, which had an exhibition by Mr Clark last year, sold several smaller works, with prices ranging from US$150,000 to US$300,000. Michael McGinnis, a partner, said he sold one of the works during his flight to Miami."I could have sold it five times," he said.

Ms Rozell said she finally managed to buy some art. One was a painting by Jeffrey Gibson. Another, a sculpture by Shinique Smith, whose works were on view at the UBS collectors' lounge at the fair.

 

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