NEW YORK—The request was for a Van Gogh to adorn the walls of the president and first lady’s private residence in the White House. No, but how about a fully functioning, 18-karat gold toilet instead? Now that the exhibition was over, the artist would “like to offer it to the White House for a long-term loan,” the Post quoted Spector as e-mailing. Everything seems absurd until we die and then it makes sense.”The Guggenheim, asked by Agence France-Presse (AFP), said it had “no further information to provide.” The White House did not immediately respond to an AFP query. As Cattelan has said, “Whatever you eat, a $200 lunch or a $2 hot dog, the results are the same, toilet-wise.”ADVERTISEMENTNeither is it the first association between Trump, whose Manhattan home is famous for its lavish gold color scheme, and a golden toilet.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 26, 2018 23:03 UTC