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Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

He is a symbol and character more than a man, a type of performance artist.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

Four years earlier, a performance artist pulled the banana from the wall after the artwork was sold for $120,000 at Art Basel in Miami.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

But the crowds proved so disruptive that the gallery eventually took the banana out of the booth after a performance artist, David Datuna, ripped it off the wall and ate it.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2024

The performance artist was on the mark that day.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith