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The Art Assignment
Make a Cut-Out with Cécile McLorin Salvant
She shares an art assignment on creating your own Theme and Variation Cut-Out.
The $150,000 Banana
The Art Assignment is a weekly PBS Digital Studios production hosted by curator Sarah Green. We take you around the U.S. to meet working artists and solicit assignments from them that we can all complete.
The $150,000 Banana
Season 6 Episode 18 | 11m 51s | CC
Artist Maurizio Cattelan duct taped a banana to a wall, titled it "Comedian", and sold 5 editions of the artwork for as much as $150,000 each. Why did it capture our attention, curiosity, and memes? What does it mean?
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