Couple who bought US$120k banana art sense it will be iconic

A visitor poses in front of Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' at the recent Art Basel Miami 2019. Photo: AFP

A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon and plan to gift it to a museum.

Billy and Beatrice Cox said in a statement that they spent more than US$100,000 (RM414,000) on the "unicorn of the art world” after seeing "the public debate it sparked about art and our society.”