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When Melania Asked To Borrow A Painting, Museum Offered A Literal Toilet | ||||
2018-01-27 | ||||
The curator at the Guggenheim responded to Trump’s request by offering to loan the White House a working toilet made of gold called "America," according to The Washington Post. The gold commode was available "should the President and First Lady have any interest in installing it in the White House," curator Nancy Spector wrote in an email response to the White House, obtained by The Post. According to the email, Trump had requested Van Gogh’s "Landscape with Snow," but that work was "prohibited from travel except for the rarest of occasions," Spector wrote. "We are sorry not to be able to accommodate your original request," Spector said, "but remain hopeful that this special offer may be of interest." She included an illustration of the toilet, designed by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Cattelan "would like to offer it to the White House for a long-term loan," Spector, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, said in the email. The Guggenheim had displayed "America" for some time, allowing tens of thousands of visitors to use the gilded toilet,
The museum had installed the toilet "for all to use in the privacy of one of the Guggenheim’s single-stall, gender-neutral bathrooms, Spector wrote in a blog post in 2017. The piece resonated in the Trump era, as Trump had become "synonymous with golden toilets," Spector wrote in the museum’s blog.
Cattelan told The Post that the offer was "a very delicate subject." When a reporter asked why he offered the toilet to the Trumps, Cattelan said: "What’s the point of our life? Everything seems absurd until we die and then it makes sense." Guggenheim Director: Richard Armstrong To schedule a Guggenheim tour, call 212-423-3500 | ||||
Posted by:Vast Right Wing Conspiracy |
#5 No doubt the blatant insult went over well in Ms Spector’s insular little world, and will no doubt garner the Guggenheim some donations. But had she wanted the president to accept it, she would have been better off offering a silver toilet instead, as silver has anti-infective properties. There was a write-up in Scientific American on the subject some years ago. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-27 18:58 |
#4 MAYBE THE "DON" can help w/their donations? Maybe drop to the NEGATIVE FACTOR? |
Posted by: ranture 2018-01-27 09:11 |
#3 Yes, a #2 audit at a minimum. If it is listed, removal from the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) listing might also be in order. I'm sure there are other discreet measures. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-27 02:23 |
#2 In a just world, the Ogden, UT IRS office would 'review' their 501(c)(3) status. |
Posted by: Raj 2018-01-27 01:41 |
#1 Incredibly bad manners. I wonder if the Gugg just *bleep*ed itself on donations. |
Posted by: SteveS 2018-01-27 01:21 |