Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan unsuccessful to halt a lawsuit proclaiming that he copied a further artist’s get the job done in his viral sculpture of a banana duct-taped to a wall.  A federal courtroom in Miami on Wednesday denied Cattelan’s motion to dismiss the litigation brought by American artist Joe Morford alleging that Cattelan’s Comic infringes the copyright of his individual do the job, Banana & Orange. United States District Decide Robert N. Scola, Jr., mentioned in his ruling: “Thankfully for the court docket, the query of irrespective of whether a banana taped to a wall can be artwork is far more a metaphysical issue than a authorized one. But…