--- title: Why You're Seeing Taped Up Bananas All Over the Internet description: In the wake of a taped banana taking the art world — and internet — by storm, people are taping bananas here, there and everywhere. canonical: https://time.com/5748289/taped-banana-stunts/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-12-11T16:35:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:07.734Z og:title: There's a Totally Reasonable Explanation for Those Taped Up Bananas Popping Up All Over the Place og:description: Why? og:url: https://time.com/5748289/taped-banana-stunts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc753b770d6b0492b/698a0746b21a9c019f502d37/Duct-Tape-Banana.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Duct-Tape-Banana og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There's a Totally Reasonable Explanation for Those Taped Up Bananas Popping Up All Over the Place twitter:description: Why? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc753b770d6b0492b/698a0746b21a9c019f502d37/Duct-Tape-Banana.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's a Totally Reasonable Explanation for Those Taped Up Bananas Popping Up All Over the Place > Sponsored content. 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Cindy Ord—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 11, 2019 4:35 PM UTC In the wake of a [taped banana](https://time.com/5746098/art-basel-banana-eaten-david-datuna-maurizio-cattelan/) taking the [art world](https://time.com/longform/art-leaders-next-generation/) — and internet — by storm over the weekend, people are getting in on the fun by taping bananas here, there and everywhere. The taped banana, which was secured to a wall with a single piece of duct tape, began garnering attention after it debuted at Miami art exhibition Art Basel as part of an installation dubbed “Comedian” that was created by artist Maurizio Cattelan. Three buyers paid between $120,000 and $150,000 for Cattelan’s limited-edition pieces, which came with a single banana, a certificate of authenticity and instructions on how to replace the fruit, a price point that generated even more conversation surrounding the artwork. Now, people are taking the taped banana craze to the next level by taping bananas — and other objects — just about everywhere. Actor Brooke Shields even went so far as to duct tape a banana to her face for a [photo](https://www.instagram.com/p/B50lzbGAmzv/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed). Anything for the ‘gram, we guess. See some of the stunts below. > [](https://twitter.com/Knishkabob/status/1204506897006485504) > [](https://twitter.com/FandomTrash264/status/1203537161632518145) > [](https://twitter.com/TheOnlyPozE/status/1204106690515353600) > [](https://twitter.com/johncarver2/status/1203053010257141760) > [](https://twitter.com/schanzoff/status/1203520622946668544) > [](https://twitter.com/ArmenianKicks/status/1203076048570736640) > [](https://twitter.com/jina/status/1203442014458695686) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5748289/taped-banana-stunts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5748289/taped-banana-stunts/"},"headline":"There's a Totally Reasonable Explanation for Those Taped Up Bananas Popping Up All Over the Place","datePublished":"2019-12-11T16:35:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:07.734Z","description":"What an a-peel-ing trend","url":"https://time.com/5748289/taped-banana-stunts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc753b770d6b0492b/698a0746b21a9c019f502d37/Duct-Tape-Banana.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc753b770d6b0492b/698a0746b21a9c019f502d37/Duct-Tape-Banana.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Duct-Tape-Banana","caption":"A person takes a photograph of Maurizio Cattelan's \"Comedian\" at Art Basel in Miami on Dec. 6, 2019.","creditText":"Cindy Ord—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5748289/taped-banana-stunts/","name":"There's a Totally Reasonable Explanation for Those Taped Up Bananas Popping Up All Over the Place"}}]}] ```