The Banana also is reigniting a long-running debate ... the fruit as a pinnacle of artistic achievement on par with Andy Warhol’s soup cans, rather than as a bread-and-circuses distraction.

The infamous banana is still the gift that keeps on giving at the fair. The store is selling an $8 sticker of Andy Warhol’s banana artwork. Other Warhol merch includes a $210 Warhol dollar bill ...

At one point, another artist took the banana off the wall and ate it ... Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol, according to the market analyst firm Artprice. “The Empire of Light,” executed in ...