Donald Trump White House asks for Van Gogh loan – but Guggenheim offers gold toilet instead The Guggenheim Museum proposed lending Maurizio Cattelan’s America after turning down a request for Landscape With Snow Play Video 0:30 Toilet humour: Guggenheim responds to White House Van Gogh request – videoThe Guggenheim Museum has reportedly turned down a White House request to borrow a Van Gogh painting, and has instead offered the Trump administration the use of a golden toilet. The White House had asked the Guggenheim, based in New York, to borrow Landscape With Snow, Van Gogh’s 1888 work depicting a man and a dog walking through a field. Instead she said the White House could loan an 18-carat toilet – an installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan. Spector’s emailed reply to the White House’s request to loan Landscape with Snow was obtained by the Post. Cattelan “would like to offer it to the White House for a long-term loan”, Spector said in the email.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2018 21:56 UTC