Famous fruit stolen again from $6.2M artwork — why the thief is getting away with it

It was ripe for the picking. Banana bandits scored a sweet steal worth a whopping $6.2 million, nabbing the yellow, crescent-shaped centerpiece of “Comedian,” a masterpiece by Italian visual artist Maurizio...

Famous fruit stolen again from $6.2M artwork — why the thief is getting away with it. It was ripe for the picking. Banana bandits scored a sweet steal worth a whopping $6.2 million, nabbing the yellow, crescent-shaped centerpiece of “Comedian,” a masterpiece by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan, from the Centre Pompidou-Metz museum in France this weekend. The fruity theft comes just one year after a gallery visitor was discovered eating the banana that previously starred in the masterwork. Visual artist Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” was defiled Saturday, according to the Centre Pompidou-Metz museum in France Stefano Giovannini It’s a feast for the eyes — and the sticky fingers. A guard for the Centre Pompidou-Metz noticed the banana, crudely affixed to the museum wall with a slice of silvery duct tape as a work of conceptual art, h...