Maurizio Cattelan's $6.2M banana artwork stolen from French museum

Cattelan’s famous taped banana stolen from French museum

Cattelan's 'Comedian' banana—a conceptual artwork valued at $5.2M after Justin Sun's 2024 purchase—was stolen from Pompidou-Metz on June 1. The piece highlights how artistic value exists primarily in intellectual concept rather than physical form, a principle paralleling IP valuation models in tech.