Artwork Eaten Again: Student Devours $120k Piece at Seoul Museum.

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Artwork Eaten Again: Student Devours $120k Piece at Seoul Museum.
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A man named Noh Hyun Soo ate a $120,000 art piece called 'Comedian' by Maurizio Cattelan, which featured a banana taped to the wall, at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul. The incident sparked a debate on the pricing of art and the differentiation between art and non-art in contemporary art. The museum did not seek damages but reattached a new banana. Many criticized Noh's actions as plagiarism and attention-seeking behavior.

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