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It’s also been employed in more than a few impeachment jokes as well. Meanwhile, the humble banana has seen its natural emoji double meaning usurped by the eggplant, and has mostly been relegated to millennial Twitter jokes about how single people always buy too many to eat before they go rotten. And yet, perhaps the banana is making its cultural comeback? The fruit was top of mind last weekend thanks to Art Basel Miami Beach.
The art world prankster Maurizio Cattelan had gallery assistantsand then sold three editions of it as art for $120,000 to $150,000. The piece caused a commotion online and at the fair. Lines to see the piece became uncontrollable, someone ate the banana, and the gallery decided to remove it. But the drama wasn’t over. Someonesomeone scribbled “Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself” where it once hung.
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