Going Bananas in Miami - and related stories

He ate a banana taped to the wall for $ 120,000: this is my performance ... 

For a detailed discussion about this and other follies like it, go to my website blog

GOING BANANAS AT ART BASEL MIAMI

where I refer back to a blog I posted here on Blogger:

LAOKOON, ANTI-LAOKOON and ANTI-KOONS

.... and I updated a Vocativ article from 2013 that is found complete with images 

only in the Internet Archives

How to Succeed in Contemporary Art Without Really Trying

but there is much more I discuss on my website blog, so check it out HERE

Great Bargains in Contemporary Art

I found a post on Facebook sharing this tumblr image:

The caption:  "the teachers at my high school do this to the graffiti in the bathrooms"
My comment:
A much undervalued masterpiece! Maybe careful research would reveal this to be a genuine Tracey Emin, in which case it may well be auctioned for something like $ 200.000
Note: I am speaking of originals, not prints, which would sell for several thousands at auction: Tracey Emin at artnet

....... compare the style with this piece from the world famous Tate Gallery :

So why pay exorbitant amounts of money - you can find bargains in most public restrooms or in vacant buildings or housing projects - the possibilities are endless! You could even get those artists for the price of a drink or a hamburger to come to your home to beautify the place for you!