毛里齊奧·卡特蘭 (Maurizio Cattelan) 的香蕉藝術品在邁阿密巴塞爾藝術展上以 12 萬美元的價格售出

這位義大利藝術家的「喜劇演員」裝置——一根用膠帶粘在牆上的香蕉——自 2019 年首次亮相以來引起了轟動。

A Maurizio Cattelan artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2m (£4.9m) at Sotheby's in New York - four times higher than pre-sale estimates.

毛里齊奧·卡特蘭(Maurizio Cattelan) 的一件以用膠帶粘在牆上的香蕉為主題的藝術品在紐約蘇富比拍賣行以620 萬美元（490 萬英鎊）的價格售出，比預售估價高四倍。

The auction house says Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun outbid six other rivals to get the "Comedian" installation of the Italian visual artist on Wednesday.

該拍賣行表示，中國加密貨幣企業家賈斯汀·孫(Justin Sun)週三以超過其他六位競爭對手的價格拍得這位義大利視覺藝術家的「喜劇演員」裝置作品。

"In the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience," Mr Sun was quoted as saying.

孫先生表示：“未來幾天，我將親自吃香蕉，作為這種獨特藝術體驗的一部分。”

The taped banana - now perhaps one of the most expensive fruits ever sold - was actually bought earlier in the day for a mere $0.35, according to the New York Times.

根據《紐約時報》報道，這種用膠帶封住的香蕉——現在可能是有史以來最昂貴的水果之一——實際上是在當天早些時候以僅 0.35 美元的價格購買的。

"Comedian" was first unveiled to the public in 2019, instantly becoming a viral sensation and also provoking heated debates about what art is.

《喜劇演員》於2019年首次向公眾亮相，立即引起轟動，並引發了關於藝術的激烈爭論。

The installation - which has travelled around the world - comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots.

該裝置已遍布世界各地，並附帶說明如何在香蕉腐爛時更換香蕉。

In fact, the fruit has been eaten not once, but twice.

事實上，這個水果已經不是被吃過一次了，而是兩次了。

In 2023, a South Korean art student helped himself when the installation went on display at Seoul's Leeum Museum of Art.

2023 年，當裝置在首爾 Leeum 藝術博物館展出時，一名韓國藝術學生自助了。

The museum later placed a new banana in the same spot, local media reported.

據當地媒體報道，博物館後來在同一地點放置了一根新香蕉。

Four years earlier, a performance artist pulled the banana from the wall after the artwork was sold for $120,000 at Art Basel in Miami.

四年前，一位行為藝術家在邁阿密巴塞爾藝術展上以 12 萬美元的價格售出這件藝術品後，從牆上拔下了香蕉。

The banana was swiftly replaced, and no further action was taken.

香蕉很快就被更換了，沒有採取進一步的行動。

Justin Sun runs the Tron blockchain network, which facilitates some cryptocurrency transactions. Last year the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of fraud, saying he had falsely inflated trading volumes of TRX, Tron’s crypto token. Mr Sun denies the charges.

賈斯汀·孫（Justin Sun）運行 Tron 區塊鏈網絡，該網絡促進了一些加密貨幣交易。去年，美國證券交易委員會指控他欺詐，稱他虛假誇大了 Tron 的加密貨幣 TRX 的交易量。孫先生否認這些指控。