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Toilet humor: Museum refuses White House request for Van Gogh, offers gold lavatory instead
Published time: 26 Jan, 2018 09:58 Edited time: 27 Jan, 2018 12:55
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The Guggenheim Museum has reportedly denied a request from the White House to borrow a Van Gogh painting for the president’s living quarters. Not to be uncharitable, the museum is said to have offered a golden toilet instead.
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Hoping to hang ‘Landscape With Snow’ in the private wing of the presidential residence, Trump’s staff wrote to museum curator Nancy Spector asking if she could facilitate the loan of the 130-year-old artwork, according to the Washington Post.
Spector reportedly explained that the piece was part of a series of paintings presented to the Guggenheim by the Thannhausers, a family renowned for developing and disseminating priceless artworks, and could not be lent. However, in what seems a very literal attempt at toilet humor, the curator reportedly explained that an 18-karat commode was available instead.
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"It is, of course, extremely valuable and somewhat fragile, but we would provide all the instructions for its installation and care," Spector said in an email seen by the Washington Post.
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The piece, entitled ‘America’ and created by artist Maurizio Cattelan, had been exhibited in the museum’s public restroom for around a year before being taken away in September. Writing in an email to the White House, Spector reportedly said the toilet was available “should the president and first lady have any interest in installing it in the White House.”
RT.com has reached out to the Guggenheim for comment.
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Sitting on a gold mine? Thieves steal £1mn toilet from UK palace
Published time: 14 Sep, 2019 14:10 Edited time: 16 Sep, 2019 11:51
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'America', the fully-working solid gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, England © Getty Images / Leon Neal
A £1 million golden toilet has been stolen from the birthplace of Winston Churchill. The dirty crime involved thieves ripping the 18-carat gold commode from its plumbing, causing flooding at the Oxfordshire palace.
Thames Valley Police arrested a 66-year-old man in connection with the theft after they received a report of a burglary at Blenheim Palace early Saturday morning.
Thieves broke into the historical site and stole a “high value toilet made out of gold that was on display at the palace,” Detective Inspector Jess Milne said.
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“Due to the toilet being plumbed in to the building, this has caused significant damage and flooding.”
The golden toilet was named ‘America’ and was part of a contemporary art exhibition at the palace. Created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, it was plumbed into a wooden chamber opposite the room where former UK prime minister Churchill was born, and visitors were able to queue up to use it.
The toilet has not been recovered, and police have issued an appeal for anyone who may have information to come forward.
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Toilet humor: Museum refuses White House request for Van Gogh, offers gold lavatory instead
Published time: 26 Jan, 2018 09:58 Edited time: 27 Jan, 2018 12:55
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The Guggenheim Museum has reportedly denied a request from the White House to borrow a Van Gogh painting for the president’s living quarters. Not to be uncharitable, the museum is said to have offered a golden toilet instead.
READ MORE: A throne fit for a king: Golden toilet available for use at the Guggenheim
Hoping to hang ‘Landscape With Snow’ in the private wing of the presidential residence, Trump’s staff wrote to museum curator Nancy Spector asking if she could facilitate the loan of the 130-year-old artwork, according to the Washington Post.
Spector reportedly explained that the piece was part of a series of paintings presented to the Guggenheim by the Thannhausers, a family renowned for developing and disseminating priceless artworks, and could not be lent. However, in what seems a very literal attempt at toilet humor, the curator reportedly explained that an 18-karat commode was available instead.
© Guggenheim
"It is, of course, extremely valuable and somewhat fragile, but we would provide all the instructions for its installation and care," Spector said in an email seen by the Washington Post.
READ MORE: Trump to reverse Obama’s ‘closure’ of still open Gitmo, yet another Washington leak suggests
The piece, entitled ‘America’ and created by artist Maurizio Cattelan, had been exhibited in the museum’s public restroom for around a year before being taken away in September. Writing in an email to the White House, Spector reportedly said the toilet was available “should the president and first lady have any interest in installing it in the White House.”
RT.com has reached out to the Guggenheim for comment.
https://www.rt.com/uk/468827-golden-toilet-stolen-blenheim/
Sitting on a gold mine? Thieves steal £1mn toilet from UK palace
Published time: 14 Sep, 2019 14:10 Edited time: 16 Sep, 2019 11:51
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'America', the fully-working solid gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, England © Getty Images / Leon Neal
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A £1 million golden toilet has been stolen from the birthplace of Winston Churchill. The dirty crime involved thieves ripping the 18-carat gold commode from its plumbing, causing flooding at the Oxfordshire palace.
Thames Valley Police arrested a 66-year-old man in connection with the theft after they received a report of a burglary at Blenheim Palace early Saturday morning.
Thieves broke into the historical site and stole a “high value toilet made out of gold that was on display at the palace,” Detective Inspector Jess Milne said.
Also on rt.com Toilet humor: Museum refuses White House request for Van Gogh, offers gold lavatory instead
“Due to the toilet being plumbed in to the building, this has caused significant damage and flooding.”
The golden toilet was named ‘America’ and was part of a contemporary art exhibition at the palace. Created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, it was plumbed into a wooden chamber opposite the room where former UK prime minister Churchill was born, and visitors were able to queue up to use it.
The toilet has not been recovered, and police have issued an appeal for anyone who may have information to come forward.
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