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“And so the Emperor continued to walk. And the servants behind him continued to hold high the train that wasn’t there.”
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) — “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
Art Basel, an international festival, was held in Miami Beach this past week.
A single banana, duct taped to a wall, sold for $120,000.
This recent posting documents it:
What is wrong with this?
An art collector is entitled to spend his/her money on anything he/she so desires. There’s no law against giving money away.
But what about burning it?
The fact that a bunch of bananas can be bought for 0.49–0.69/lb. and a roll of duct tape for around $5 is, I suppose, immaterial.
The angle at which the banana is taped may make all the difference.
Never mind that, with time, the banana is going to turn brown and will have to be replaced. The strip of duct tape will last longer, but it, too, will eventually give way. As I…
