Ah, Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian—the pinnacle of human achievement, where the humble banana transcends its destiny as a smoothie ingredient and becomes high art.

A banana duct-taped to a wall has once again proven that the art world operates on a different plane of reality. $6.24 million for a perishable fruit! At that price, I hope it comes with a lifetime supply of potassium and a guarantee that it won’t ripen before the auction paperwork is signed.

But the real question isn’t why someone paid millions for it—it’s whether it’s the same banana. Are we witnessing the banana of 2019’s fame, preserved like some Dorian Gray of fruit? Or has it been replaced, secretly, like a museum’s centuries-old tapestry? If so, is this fraud? Or just… performance art?

Perhaps the duct tape is the true star, holding not just the banana but the fragile thread of our collective sanity together.