An iteration of Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" has previously sold for $120,000, most famously at Art Basel Miami in 2019. A college student who recently viewed the art in a Seoul museum said he ate the banana after skipping breakfast. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jeannie Santiago attend the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson will both star in his own one-man play, "Lackawanna Blues" and direct "Skeleton Crew" this year. Jemal Countess/Getty Images hide caption
French artist Abraham Poincheval sits over real chicken eggs until they hatch at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Abraham Poincheval waves Wednesday as he exits the two halves of the rock in which he was entombed in Paris for a week. Zacharie Scheurer/AP hide caption
Julia Sherman is the mastermind behind the Salad Garden at the Getty. Here, she pulls up heirloom greens for the salad. Abbie Fentress Swanson for NPR hide caption
Robert Davies (standing) and the quartet during a performance of "The Crossroads Project." Musicians include (left to right) Robert Waters, Rebecca McFaul, Anne Francis Bayless and Bradley Ottesen. Andrew McCallister/Courtesy of The Crossroads Project hide caption