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“It’s a statement against industrial fur-bearing fruit cultivation... get it?” Said Endido Marguanes, a part-time artist and day-drinking enthusiast from Brooklyn. “Gotta be honest, I could use a cash injection about now, have you seen the price of kiwis lately? I mean I used to get a grant from the NEA but I get the feeling the incoming government will be using that legislation as toilet paper.” The art world is a-buzz after an Italian artist sold a banana duct-taped to a wall for 6.2 million U.S. The piece called “The Comedian” is expected to become a loaf of banana bread valued at 10 million depending on its moistness.