Duct-Taped Banana Sold for $5.2 Million: The Exploitation of Modern Art
Modern art has long been a space for creativity and expression, but recent trends reveal a disturbing shift. The staggering $5.2 million sale of Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian—a duct-taped banana to a wall—exemplifies how art is increasingly weaponized for financial manipulation. Far from being innocent cultural artifacts, pieces like these often serve as tools for money laundering, tax avoidance, a
