Gold Toilet Called AMERICA to Debut at Guggenheim
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An 18-karat gold toilet titled “America” was set to make its debut in New York City’s Upper East Side Guggenheim Museum last week, but the dubbed work of art is having technical difficulties forcing a delayed unveiling.
The fully functional toilet, designed as a Kohler replica, will be installed in a private, unisex bathroom intended to be used or admired by museum visitors.
The Italian artist behind “America,” Maurizio Cattelan, told the New York Times last month that people can enter the tiled room, complete with a sink and mirror, “just to bask in [the toilet’s] glow…but it becomes an artwork only with someone sitting on it or standing over it, answering nature’s call.”
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