the work, by maurizio cattelan, was being displayed at an art fair in miami. simonjones reports.g of £90,000, created by the italian maurizio cattelan, known for his humour and satire. but another artist, the american performer david datu na, found it too appealing, and decided to steal the show. art performance — hungry artist. he declared the banana was delicious. art lovers, though, couldn't quite believe their eyes, and nor could the gallery's director. are you kidding? no. i went there, looked at what was happening, and i didn't see the banana on the wall. so — and i realised that the guy was eating the banana. 0k, come with me. 0nlookers certainly thought they'd witnessed a spectacle. in the same way that the artist put the banana on the wall, he say, "i'm coming here to eat the banana. that's my performance. " a replacement banana was soon taped back onto the wall. the man who devoured the original was asked to leave. the gallery insisted it hadn't slipped up, and that the value of the work lay in the idea behind it, not the individual piece of fruit. if you're struggling

in fact it's a piece of work by the italian artist maurizio cattelan which on friday sold for more than came to an untimely end. it was already causing a stir for its eye—watering, if not mouth—watering, price tag of £90,000, created by the italian maurizio cattelan, known for his humour and satire. but another artist, the american performer david datu na, found it too appealing, and decided to steal the show. art performance — hungry artist. he declared the banana was delicious. art lovers, though, couldn't quite believe their eyes, and nor could the gallery's director. are you kidding? no. i went there, looked at what was happening, and i didn't see the banana on the wall. so — and i realised that the guy was eating the banana. 0k, come with me. 0nlookers certainly thought they'd witnessed a spectacle. in the same way that the artist put the banana on the wall, he say, "i'm coming here to eat the banana. that's my performance. " a replacement banana was soon taped back onto the wall. the man who devoured the original was asked to leave. the gallery insisted it hadn't slipped up, and t

in fact, it's a piece of work by the italian artist maurizio cattelan, which, on friday, sold for morep until last night, when as simonjones reports, it came to an untimely end. it was already causing a stir for its eye—watering, if not mouth—watering, price tag of £90,000, created by the italian maurizio cattelan, known for his humour and satire. but another artist, the american performer david datu na, found it too appealing, and decided to steal the show. art performance. hungry artist. he declared the banana was delicious. art lovers, though, couldn't quite believe their eyes, and nor could the gallery's director. are you kidding? no. i went there, looked at what was happening, and i didn't see the banana on the wall, so, and i realised that the guy was eating the banana. 0k, come with me. 0nlookers certainly thought they'd witnessed a spectacle. in the same way that the artist put the banana on the wall, he said, "i'm coming here to eat the banana, that's my performance". that's my performance. " a replacement banana was soon taped back onto the wall. the man who devoured the orig

the work, a ripe banana duct taped to the wall by the italian artist maurizio cattelan, was worth £91,000piece of fruit. the banana was replaced. while munching away, american performance artist david datu na, named his performance hungry artist, adding that the artwork was delicious. for the next few days the weather is dominated by wind and rain. heavy rain and showers accompanied by gales and severe gales. the strength of the wind will have more of an impact with disruption possible and the strongest winds are arriving towards the south—west of the uk. we have had a lot of showers coming in during today but these two areas of cloud are where we will see the winds are strengthening and already that has been hitting western parts of ireland. as far as the uk is concerned, the strongest winds will be across the south and west of wales and south—west england. and heavy rain for a while. most of that name will clear away, it will be windy everywhere, the wind direction changing to more of a northerly, it will drag down colder air as well. during tomorrow, things slowly come down for the wes

the work, a ripe banana duct—taped to the wall by the italian artist maurizio cattelan, was worth £91,000e of fruit. the banana was replaced. while munching away, american performance artist david datuna named his performance hungry artist, adding that the artwork was delicious. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. windy weather on the way overnight tonight, courtesy of the first named storm to approach the british isles this season, and it is storm atiyah, this area of cloud racing towards the coastline of ireland. it will bring short—lived ferocious gusts of wind. we could get gusts of over 80 miles an hour. amount exposed coasts and hills in ireland but in the uk the strongest winds coming overnight. windy for some time in the west midlands. gusts of up to 65—75 miles an hour. winds this strong capable of bringing down some tree branches. there is a risk of disruption to power and transport to take us into the first part of monday. for most of us, a sunny day coming up. showers around coastal areas, particularly northern scotland and some around the north s

the work, a ripe banana duct—taped to the wall by the italian artist maurizio cattelan, was worth £91,000. while munching away, american performance artist david datuna named his performance hungry artist, adding that the artwork was delicious. time for a look at the weather with chris faulkes. hello, there. we have got some very windy weather on the way, all down to the first named storm of the season to approach the british isles, storm atiyah. now, atiyah is this area of cloud you can see here on the satellite picture racing towards the british isles. if we look at the pressure pattern, that is the pressure and the isobars that causes the winds to blow in the first place and look how tightly squeezed together the isobars are approaching the south—west of ireland. this is a trough that will bring localised short—lived ferocious gusts of wind. now, the irish forecasters over at met eireann have actually got a red weather warning out in force for the south—west of ireland where gusts of wind could reach in excess of 80 mph around exposed coasts and hills whereas, here in the uk, the stron

. >> reporter: datuna says he has lots of respect for the artist, maurizio cattelan, who priced the bananape at $120,000, calling the move genus, and it was getting a lot of attention until he got hungry. >> are you kidding? >> reporter: the gallery didn't find it so appealing. >> they say they are going to put me in the jail. i said, listen, i'm not scared because i'm the guy who make installation. >> reporter: he says he's gotten support from tens of thousands of people after posting the stunt on instagram. >> i think this is the first one in art history when one artist eat concept for another artist. people ask me with banana, physically it was banana, but banana is just a tool. >> reporter: he's still not sure he's in trouble but he says he'd do it again. >> i think this is cool, this is fun, this is what art is about, about the fun. >> reporter: datuna says this is about what artists communicate with each other, trading one bold move for another. he says he didn't do this for the publicity but he certainly hasn't minded the attention. he's been taking selfies with the media. >> i like