The art world can be a very serious place.
Important exhibitions. Important collectors. Important people standing in galleries looking thoughtful.
And then someone licks the art.
So, for your cultural enrichment, here are a few things that have actually happened in the art world lately.
Yes. Actually.
We've included the receipts, just in case you don't believe us. 😏
🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA
Sorry, your meteorite is a rock.
Have you ever picked up a weird-looking rock and thought... Ooooh. This could be from SPACE.
Apparently, you are not alone. People send suspicious-looking objects to museums hoping they've discovered a meteorite, only to be told their priceless piece of the cosmos is actually... a rock. Or a lump of industrial debris.
There is even a name for these disappointing discoveries: Meteorwrongs.
Perth artist Jack Wansbrough turned these rejected treasures into Meteorite Enquiries, recreating and sourcing examples based on museum correspondence for Primavera 2026 at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art.
He spent around six months hunting through crystal shops, industrial estates, roadsides and even a university geology department car park looking for suitable specimens.
So no, your rock wasn't a meteorite. But it did end up in an art museum. Who's laughing now?
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Jack Wansbrough's collection of ‘Meteorwrongs’.
[Image Credit: Jessica Maurer]
🇳🇱 THE NETHERLANDS
Please don't lick the art.
Rotterdam's Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen recently covered 25 square metres of floor in 390kg of peanut butter.
Why? Because it is art.
Wim T. Schippers' 'Peanut Butter Floor' attracted around 48,000 visitors. During the exhibition:
⭒ 48 people stepped in the peanut butter.
⭒ Five phones fell into the peanut butter.
⭒ The museum received 80 complaints.
And there was...
⭒ One licking incident.
We don't know who you are. We don't know why you did it. But we have questions.
Five-year-old Arthur also left the museum a note admitting: "I accidentally stepped in it."
Arthur, darling, compared with 'the licker', you're fine.
Moving on.
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The Peanut Butter Floor by the late artist Wim T. Schippers in the making at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam
[Image Credit: Raaf Blanker / Museum Boijmans van Beuningen]
🇨🇦 CANADA
Hello, emergency services? It's art.
Late one night in August, someone walking past Vancouver's Access Gallery spotted what appeared to be a person's legs sticking out from behind a counter.
They did exactly what any decent person would do. They called for help.
Police arrived. Firefighters arrived.
And when they couldn't get inside, firefighters broke into the gallery to rescue the person. Except... there was no person.
It was Allysa Pierre’s sculpture 'Untitled' [The Preparator], depicting an art handler kneeling over a crate with their upper body hidden inside.
The rescue mission left the gallery with a locksmith bill of around C$1,000.
The sculpture is now covered at night.
Which, frankly, might be the best review an artist could ask for: “So realistic the fire brigade broke in.”
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Allysa Pierre, Untitled [The Preparator], 2024 © Allysa Pierre. Courtesy Access Gallery, Vancouver
🇺🇸 USA
Oh good... another banana.
We really thought the art world might finally be finished with bananas.
We were wrong.
At New York's Spring Break Art Show this month, artist Louis Sarowsky presented 'Rock Basel,' a banana duct-taped to a wall.
Sound familiar?
There is, however, one small difference. This banana is made of stone.
The banana is carved from honeycomb calcite and the duct tape from marble.
Price: US$2,300.
Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian, the one involving an actual banana and duct tape, sold at auction in 2024 for US$6.2 million.
So, bizarrely, the painstakingly handcrafted stone banana is the budget option.
And while we're there, Sarowsky also made a stone 'BLT'. Different stones for the bacon, lettuce, tomato and bread.
Apparently, limestone makes particularly good bread.
Please don't eat that either.
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Louis Sarowsky’s 'Rock With Me'
[Image Credit: Spring Break]
🇺🇸 USA, AGAIN
George Lucas has excellent taste.
After 17 years of planning, the US$1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in Los Angeles this month.
Inside you'll find Star Wars, Frida Kahlo, Banksy, Diego Rivera ...and dogs playing poker. Yep.
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge's gloriously kitschy 'Poker Game' has a place in the museum alongside some serious art-world heavyweights.
And you know what? Good. More dogs playing poker, we say.
Preferably with one of them eating a stone 'BLT' while another accidentally steps in the peanut butter.
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, A Pat Hand, 1894. Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Speaking of art that looks good enough to eat… 👀
We couldn't spend this much time talking about peanut butter floors and stone BLTs without bringing a little food-inspired art of our own to the table.
The Diner | Jada + David
Jada + David have one very sophisticated rule when choosing colours: "Would I eat this color combination?”
Candy, juice, cereal, popsicles or fruit snacks? Jada’s all in.
Fair enough.
Unlike some of the art featured above, however, we strongly recommend looking at this one rather than licking it.
"The Diner" is available in three sizes, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, signed and numbered by the artists.
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That's your Art Fix. 🎨
So, what have we learned?
Your meteorite may be a rock.
Don't lick the artwork.
Check before breaking into a gallery.
Bananas are apparently never going away.
And there will always be room in the art world for dogs playing poker.
Art. You magnificent weirdo. Never change.
Until next time,
Elena & Blair xoxo