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39-666: The Deste Foundation was established in 1983 by Dakis Joannou , with the purpose of exploring the relationship between contemporary art and contemporary culture. Deste means "to see" (δέστε) in the Greek language . Between 1983 and 1996, when the foundation did not yet have a permanent exhibition space, the shows that took place in Athens were hosted at the House of Cyprus. In 1998 the Deste Foundation moved to its first permanent space,

78-750: A Sotheby's auction in 2004, Cattelan's Ballad of Trotsky (1996), a taxidermic horse suspended by ropes from a ceiling, was sold for $ 2 million, a record for the artist. Cattelan was a finalist for the Guggenheim's Hugo Boss Prize in 2000, received an honorary degree in Sociology from the University of Trento , Italy. In 2004, he was awarded the Arnold Bode prize from the Kunstverein Kassel, Germany. A career prize (a gold medal)

117-612: A chain of boutique hotels whose flagships are the Karim Rashid -designed Semiramis Hotel and the Campana Brothers -designed NEW Hotel in Athens. Joannou is also involved in several other industries including Coca-Cola bottling, shipping, aviation, and real estate. Joannou is a major collector of contemporary art and is the founder of the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art , which was established in 1983. He

156-574: A cleaning lady, and his father, a truck driver. He started his career in the early 1980s by designing and producing wooden furniture in Forlì (Italy). Cattelan has no formal training in art. He has said that in addition to reading art catalogues, "making shows has been my school". Humour and satire are at the core of Cattelan's work; this approach has often seen him labelled variously as an art scene joker, jester or prankster. He has been described by Jonathan P. Binstock, curator of contemporary art at

195-536: A former paper factory in Neo Psychiko redesigned by American architect Christian Hubert. Built as a sock factory in 1931, the foundation's current building was renovated by architect Christos Papoulias in 2006. At the Deste Foundation, overviews of the Dakis Collection have been presented by curators like Massimiliano Gioni and Jeffrey Deitch . Since the 1980s, every summer the foundation organizes

234-501: A grant to an artist who would undertake not to make or show any work for one year. Since there were no successful applicants, Cattelan used the money for a long holiday in New York. Cattelan is commonly noted for his use of taxidermy during the mid-1990s. Novecento (1997) consists of the taxidermied body of a former racehorse named Tiramisu, which hangs by a harness in an elongated, drooping posture. Another work utilizing taxidermy

273-546: A noose around his neck and displayed it in the Vatican . In 2017, when the Trump administration White House requested the loan of a Vincent van Gogh painting from the Guggenheim collection, Landscape with Snow , the museum's chief curator Nancy Spector suggested instead Cattelan's work America , a sculpture of a gold toilet. On December 7, 2019, Comedian , an artwork created by Cattelan in an edition of three for

312-413: A series of contemporary art exhibitions on the island of Hydra (island) , with works on show there in a former slaughterhouse. In 2014, Pawel Althamer turned the exhibition space into a toy house, with puppets resembling his and his patron’s family members, down to hair styles and tattoos. The puppets of Joannou and his wife, Lietta, sat in a red mini armchair. For the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,

351-418: Is Bidibidobidiboo (1996), a miniature depiction of a squirrel slumped over its kitchen table, a handgun at its feet. In 1999, he started making life-size wax effigies of various subjects, including himself. One of his best known sculptures, La Nona Ora (1999), consists of an effigy of Pope John Paul II in full ceremonial costume being crushed by a meteor. In 1999, he co-curated with Jens Hoffmann

390-453: Is a surrealist pantomime of images that the viewer cannot easily trace back to a starting point, while they've most likely been conjured by popular culture. It is a whirlwind of loud colors mixed in with the occasional black-and-white photo: "the pictures probe the unconscious, tapping into sublimated perversions and spasms of violence." A major retrospective titled All , assembling 130 objects of Cattelan's career since 1989, opened in 2011 at

429-592: Is an "idea", while Datuna said "it was very delicious". On 27 April 2023 a similar intervention occurred when Noh Hyun-soo, a student from Seoul National University , ate the banana at the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art . Using the original tape, he then re-affixed the peel back onto the wall. The peel was later replaced by the museum with a fresh banana. Artist Joe Morford filed a suit against Cattelan for copyright infringement of his 2000 work titled Banana & Orange . Banana & Orange features plastic replicas of

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468-554: Is an Italian visual artist. Known primarily for his hyperrealistic sculptures and installations, Cattelan's practice also includes curating and publishing. His satirical approach to art has resulted in him being frequently labelled as a joker or prankster of the art world. Self-taught as an artist, Cattelan has exhibited internationally in museums and Biennials . Maurizio Cattelan created his most important works of art at Viale Bligny 42 in Milan , where he lived for many years. In 2011,

507-478: Is currently serving on the councils of several museums worldwide and has continuously been on ArtReview's Power 100 List since its inception—in 2004 he was ranked its number one collector in the world. Along with his extensive fine art collection, Joannou's interest in furniture from the Italian radical design period of the late 1960s and 1970s has grown to be what is known as the 1968 Furniture Collection and which

546-509: Is the subject of a book created in collaboration with artist Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari . In 2007, Joannou established the destefashioncollection. Each year up until 2014, the DESTE Foundation commissioned an artist familiar with the fashion industry to reinterpret five inspiring designs from that year’s international fashion collections. The first exhibition of the destefashioncollection, combining five of

585-602: The Corcoran Gallery of Art , "as one of the great post- Duchampian artists and a smartass, too". Discussing the topic of originality with ethnographer, Sarah Thornton , Cattelan explained, "Originality doesn't exist by itself. It is an evolution of what is produced. ... Originality is about your capacity to add." His work was often based on simple puns or subverts clichéd situations by, for example, substituting animals for people in sculptural tableaux. "Frequently morbidly fascinating, Cattelan's humour sets his work above

624-607: The Guggenheim Museum in New York City presented a retrospective of his work. Some of Cattelan's better-known works include America , consisting of a solid gold toilet; La Nona Ora , a sculpture depicting a fallen Pope John Paul II who has been hit by a meteorite ; and Comedian , a fresh banana duct-taped to a wall. Cattelan was born on 21 September 1960 in Padua , Italy. He was raised there by his mother,

663-610: The Joannou & Paraskevaides company, Joannou graduated from Athens College in 1958 after moving to Greece. In 1962 he continued his education in the United States, receiving his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Cornell University . In 1964, he completed his master's degree from Columbia University and in 1967 accomplished his Doctorate in Architecture at Sapienza University of Rome , Italy. Joannou entered

702-590: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. On the occasion of his 2011 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Cattelan was profiled on the American television program 60 Minutes . In 2016 a documentary about his life and work, The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan , aired on BBC . In 2010, Sicilian artist Giuseppe Veneziano created a representation of Cattelan hanged with

741-608: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York. On the occasion of the exhibition, Cattelan announced his early retirement. In 2016 the Monnaie de Paris his retrospective of his work titled Not Afraid of Love . Cattelan has participated in the Venice Biennale (1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2011), Manifesta 2 (1998), Luxembourg, Melbourne International Biennial 1999 , and the 2004 Whitney Biennial in New York . At

780-864: The Tate Modern Council between 2005 and 2008, and a member of the International Council of the Design Museum , London. The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art , established in Geneva in 1983, is a non-profit institution. DESTE's exhibition program promotes both emerging and established artists. A second location, the DESTE Project Space Slaughterhouse is located on the Greek island of Hydra . The DESTE Foundation has organized, in collaboration with

819-467: The 2006 Berlin Biennale . Articles by Cattelan frequently appear in international publications such as Flash Art . From 1996 to 2007, Cattelan collaborated with Dominique Gonzalez-Foster and Paola Manfrin on the publication Permanent Food , an occasional journal consisting of a pastiche of pages torn from other magazines and submissions by artists of similar material. From 2002 he collaborated on

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858-407: The 2019 installment of Art Basel Miami Beach consisting of a banana held to a wall by duct tape, sold to an unnamed French art collector for $ 120,000. The fruit in the work was later summarily eaten by Georgian performance artist David Datuna , who called his piece Hungry Artist . Meanwhile Galerie Perrotin , which was exhibiting another edition of the piece, replaced the fruit and stated that it

897-564: The 6th Caribbean Biennial. In 2002, he co-founded with Ali Subotnick and Massimiliano Gioni "The Wrong Gallery", a glass door leading to a 2.5 square foot exhibition space at 516A½ West 20th street in New York City. After the building housing the gallery was sold, the door and gallery was put on display within the collection of the Tate Modern until 2009. With long-term collaborators Subotnick and Gioni, Cattelan also curated

936-635: The Christos Stelios Ioannou Foundation, a center for the intellectually disabled in Cyprus . He is also a supporter of the University of Cyprus , having donated with his family the "Stelios Ioannou" Learning Resource Center , designed by internationally renowned architect Jean Nouvel and due for completion in 2018. In 2007, Joannou was appointed to the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors of the University of Oxford after

975-737: The Committee on Painting and Sculpture and the Library Council; and a member of the International Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York. He has also been a founding member of the International Directors' Council at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation , New York, where he served as president between 1995 and 2005, and now serves as an Honorary Member. He is a member of the International Council of Tate , London, having also served as President of

1014-424: The Deste Foundation in Athens, Cattelan celebrates the works and time of Dakis Joannou and his collection of radical design. Toilet Paper differs from the two previously magazine projects, as its photographs were planned and designated solely for the magazine. The level of originality for this magazine surpassed the others, providing the audience vague, oddly familiar photographs to peruse through. Toilet Paper

1053-558: The biannual Deste contemporary art prize. In 2010, the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York showcased the foundation's collection in a three-story exhibition, with Jeff Koons as the guest curator. In 2014, the foundation launched a series of contemporary art shows under a new partnership with the Benaki Museum in Athens, known for its collection of ancient Greek and Roman art. Most exhibitions have publications to support

1092-1125: The capsule collections (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012), was presented in the iconic storefront windows of Barney’s , New York in June 2012. The project was presented in its entirety in the exhibition "DESTEFASHIONCOLLECTION: 1 to 8" at the Benaki Museum in Athens in 2014 and at The Bass in Miami, FL in 2018. The Dakis Joannou Collection over time, has been composed of works by a variety of both established and emerging artists, including: Paweł Althamer , Janine Antoni , Matthew Barney , Ashley Bickerton , Maurizio Cattelan , Paul Chan , Roberto Cuoghi, Marcel Duchamp , Haris Epaminonda , Urs Fischer , Robert Gober , Peter Halley , Jeff Koons , Elad Lassry , Mike Kelley , Joseph Kosuth , Mark Manders , Paul McCarthy , Tim Noble & Sue Webster , Chris Ofili , Charles Ray , Josh Smith , Kiki Smith , Christiana Soulou, Haim Steinbach , Kaari Upson , Andra Ursuta, Kara Walker , Andy Warhol , Andro Wekua , Christopher Wool , and Jakub Julian Ziolkowski. Works from

1131-582: The construction and civil engineering business in the late 1960s and ever since has diversified his holdings through numerous areas of international industrial commerce. Joannou's core business is construction, with primary focus in the Middle East, North Africa, Greece, and Southeastern Europe. Joannou is active in the hospitality sector, with holdings in the Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel in Athens and through Yes! Hotels,

1170-476: The corner of 10th Avenue and West 18th Street in New York, showing an image of a woman's manicured and jeweled fingers, detached from their hands, emerging from a vibrant blue velvet background. In 2014, Cattelan and Ferrari produced a fashion spread for the Spring Fashion issue of New York . In the project entitled 1968 , A Toiletpaper collaboration between Maurizio Cattelan, Pierpaolo Ferrari and

1209-643: The establishment of the Stelios Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies. Dakis Joannou owns the yacht Guilty , which was designed by Ivana Porfiri. The yacht's exterior was designed by contemporary artist Jeff Koons and was inspired by the iconic WWI naval camouflage, also known as "Razzle Dazzle" , featuring bold geometric patterns in contrasting colors. Maurizio Cattelan Maurizio Cattelan ( Italian: [mauˈrittsjo katteˈlan] ; born 21 September 1960)

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1248-644: The extensive collection have appeared in a number of major museums and art institutions around the world. A notable exhibition took place at New York City's New Museum in 2009 named Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection . Joannou is a member of the board of trustees at the New Museum for Contemporary Art , New York; a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art , New York, where he also served on

1287-577: The foundation organized a show that featured the work of more than 60 artists from Joannou’s collection. He chartered a plane from Art Basel that year for collectors, curators, dealers and artists as part of the cultural program around the Olympics. Beginning in 2009, the foundation has collaborated with the Athens-based Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art , co-organizing an annual exhibition of works by artists shortlisted for

1326-584: The learning remit of the foundation. Dakis Joannou Dakis Joannou (Leonidas Ioannou; Greek : Δάκης Ιωάννου ; born December 30, 1939) is a Greek Cypriot industrialist and art collector. He is considered to be one of the leading collectors of contemporary art in the world and is famous for acquisitions such as the Jeff Koons -designed yacht 'Guilty'. Dakis Joannou was born in Nicosia, Cyprus . Son of industrialist Stelios Joannou, and co-founder of

1365-535: The respective institutions, the exhibitions Urs Fischer - False Friends at the Museum of Art and History , Geneva in 2016; Skin Fruit at the New Museum of Contemporary Art , New York in 2010; Dream and Trauma at Kunsthalle Wien , Vienna in 2007; and Translation at the Palais de Tokyo , Paris in 2005. Joannou is actively involved in many not-for-profit organizations with a wide range of social activities. He heads

1404-457: The satirical arts journal Charley , a series on contemporary artists. In 2009, Cattelan teamed up with Italian photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari to create an editorial for W ' s Art Issue. In 2010, they founded the magazine Toiletpaper , a bi-annual, picture-based publication. As part of a public art series at the High Line in 2012, Toiletpaper was commissioned with a billboard at

1443-410: The titular fruits duct taped to two green panels. Given Morford's claimed similarities between Comedian and Banana & Orange , Morford pursued a claim of copyright infringement, alleging that Comedian unfairly copied Banana & Orange . Morford further claimed that Cattelan might have seen his work and been influenced by it. On June 9, 2023, judge Robert N. Scolar, Jr., a US district judge for

1482-539: The visual pleasure one-liners," wrote Carol Vogel of The New York Times . Cattelan's first artwork has been noted as a photo art piece in 1989 entitled Lessico Familiare (Family Syntax), a framed self-portrait in which he is depicted forming a Hand Heart over his naked chest. In 1992, Cattelan started the Oblomov Foundation (named after Ivan Goncharov 's 1859 novel Oblomov and its idle main character) which raised ten thousand dollars to offer as

1521-662: Was awarded to Maurizio Cattelan by the 15th Rome Quadriennale . On 24 March 2009, at the MAXXI Museum of Rome, singer and musician Elio came to receive the prize, claiming to be the real Cattelan. A documentary film titled Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back was released in 2017. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival , and played in theaters in 2017. The film, directed by Maura Axelrod , featured curator Massimiliano Gioni standing in for Cattelan. It followed Cattelan's career retrospective at

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