Best of the bunch: sale of duct-taped banana sparks trend across Miami fairs
The tragicomic saga of Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana is reaching new highs (and lows) at Miami Art Week. Most prominent is the presence of Chiquita itself at Art Basel Miami Beach as a first-time official partner. During the VIP preview, the American banana mega-producer rolled up fruit carts and blue-and-yellow swag to...
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Cynical art-washing: Chiquita Banana is the official sponsor of Art Basel Miami 2024
The presence of Chiquita Banana as an official sponsor introduces a dissonance that does not go unnoticed: can a company with a history of violence become a legitimate promoter of art that has historically questioned it?
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El Tiempo – De la Forma poética en que el arte cuenta historia
l arte lo envuelve un aire de misterio que uno debe descubrir, dijo el artista colombiano Elkin Calderón en el evento de lanzamiento de la exposición ‘La fiebre del banano (Banana Craze)’ a finales de octubre de 2021. Quizá sea esa particularidad de las artes la que abre la mente...
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Hyperallergic – Digital Exhibition Examines the Darker Side of Bananas
The US public got its first taste of bananas at the 1876 United States Centennial Exhibition. The Philadelphia event’s many displays included the new typewriter, Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, the Statue of Liberty’s still-unattached right arm, and an exotic banana tree. The plant was so popular that it required its...
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Hyperallergic – The Getty, Google Arts, & Banana Craze Create Three Online Shows Worth a Visit
In my search for online exhibitions with compelling presentations and content, I have recently become apprised of three shows that take advantage of the digital medium to display words and images (only one show contains sounds in these examples) in ways that I wouldn’t quite be able to experience IRL. They do all share...
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Cayeye 28 – Artnet
Banana Craze is an ongoing virtual curatorial project organized by Juanita Solano and Blanca Serrano that traces the appearances, origins, and complex significances of the banana in Latin American art. In the past year, the project has hosted online conversations with the likes of Mexican author Valeria Luiselli, Colombian artists...
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