Trump reques­ted to borrow Vincen­t Van Gogh's painti­ng for White HouseNew York’s Guggenheim Museum turned down US President Donald Trump’s request to borrow Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Landscape with Snow’ painting for the White House. They instead offered him a gold toilet, according to Washington Post. Apologising that they could not furnish the White House with the Van Gogh work, they suggested a “solid, 18-karat toilet” could be offered as an alternative. The curator, however, added that the gold toilet created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was available to the White House “for a long-term loan”. In a phone call with Washington Post, Cattelan was asked the meaning of his creation and why he offered it to the Trumps.

Source: The Express Tribune January 26, 2018 09:11 UTC