毛里齐奥·卡特兰 (Maurizio Cattelan) 的香蕉艺术品在迈阿密巴塞尔艺术展上以 12 万美元的价格售出

这位意大利艺术家的“喜剧演员”装置——一根用胶带粘在墙上的香蕉——自 2019 年首次亮相以来引起了轰动。

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.

毛里齐奥·卡特兰 (Maurizio Cattelan) 的一件以用胶带粘在墙上的香蕉为主题的艺术品在纽约苏富比拍卖行以 620 万美元（490 万英镑）的价格售出，比预售估价高出四倍。

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.

该拍卖行表示，中国加密货币企业家贾斯汀·孙(Justin Sun)周三以超过其他六位竞争对手的价格拍得这位意大利视觉艺术家的“喜剧演员”装置作品。

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

孙先生表示：“未来几天，我将亲自吃香蕉，作为这种独特艺术体验的一部分。”

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.

据《纽约时报》报道，这种用胶带封住的香蕉——现在可能是有史以来最昂贵的水果之一——实际上是在当天早些时候以仅仅 0.35 美元的价格购买的。

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

《喜剧演员》于2019年首次向公众亮相，立即引起轰动，并引发了关于什么是艺术的激烈争论。

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

该装置已遍布世界各地，并附带说明如何在香蕉腐烂时更换香蕉。

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

事实上，这个水果已经不是被吃过一次了，而是两次了。

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

2023 年，当该装置在首尔 Leeum 艺术博物馆展出时，一名韩国艺术学生自助了。

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

据当地媒体报道，博物馆后来在同一地点放置了一根新香蕉。

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，一位行为艺术家在迈阿密巴塞尔艺术展上以 12 万美元的价格售出这件艺术品后，从墙上拔下了香蕉。

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

香蕉很快就被更换了，没有采取进一步的行动。

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.

贾斯汀·孙（Justin Sun）运行 Tron 区块链网络，该网络促进了一些加密货币交易。去年，美国证券交易委员会指控他欺诈，称他虚假夸大了 Tron 的加密货币 TRX 的交易量。孙先生否认这些指控。