Popeyes parodies Cattelan's banana with chicken burger at Art Basel Miami

Popeyes, a Louisiana-based fast food chain known for fried chicken, announced via Twitter that it presented "The Sandwich" at the San Paul Gallery Urban during Art Basel Miami. The work consists of a chicken burger affixed to a white canvas with silver tape, with a starting price of $120,000 plus a $3.99 surcharge—the cost of all "multiples" sold at its 7,000 outlets across the Southern states. This parody follows the media frenzy around Maurizio Cattelan's "The Comedian," a banana duct-taped to a wall, which sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami. Separately, from January 9, 2020, the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York will exhibit a vast collection of Andy Warhol photographs spanning the last three decades of his career, including portraits from Times Square photo booths, shots of the Eiffel Tower, furniture objects, and works straddling eroticism and pornography. Still lifes feature flowers, shoes, an egg carton, and bananas from the 1970s, which the article suggests are precursors to endless reproductions and variations. The exhibition will occupy both gallery spaces at 524 W 24th St and 513 W 20th St in Chelsea.