hoping the Supreme Court would give him credit for being the first person to tape a banana to the wall in the name of art.

The US Supreme Court declined to revive allegations that an Italian artist’s $6 million idea of taping a banana to a wall copied from another’s work.

Georgian-born American artist David Datuna has eaten a banana used in an art work by Maurizio Cattelan, which had sold for $120,000 (£91,000). The artwork, titled Comedian, was on display at Art ...

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California artist Joe Morford tried, hoping the Supreme Court would give him credit for being the first person to tape a banana to the wall in the name of art. But the justices on Monday rejected ...