It's not a joke! And this will not be a piece of art in a public gallery of Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan. Maurizio Cattelan — one of the most expensive living artists, is installing a gold toilet in Guggenheim Museum. 

....It will, instead, be installed in early May just off one of the ramps of the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan, in a small, humble room where visitors often feel the urge to spend some time alone. The room has tiles, a sink, a mirror and a lock on the door. And now, instead of its standard Kohler toilet, it will have a solid 18-karat-gold working replica of one, a preposterously scatological apotheosis of wealth whose form is completed in its function: You could go into the restroom just to bask in its glow, Mr. Cattelan said, but it becomes an artwork only with someone sitting on it or standing over it, answering nature’s call......Continue Reading

Top Image: An image created by the artist Maurizio Cattelan of his solid-gold toilet. It is to be installed in a bathroom in the Guggenheim Museum in May. Image © Maurizio Cattelan.

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