One might have heard about the ruler Saddam using a gold toilet. Now you cn also use it . You have heard it right, one can use a gold toilet in a museam. A New York City museum is offering visitors a chance to sit on a golden throne, but only in private.<\/p>\n
As part of his “America” exhibit at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan replaced the toilet in the museum’s fourth-floor restroom with a fully functional replica cast in 18-karat gold.<\/p>\n
Viewers are invited to use the solid gold toilet just as they would any other facility.<\/p>\n
It’s the first piece Cattelan has exhibited since his 2011 retrospective at the Guggenheim. It opens on Friday.<\/p>\n
The museum says on its website that the exhibit “offers a wink to the excesses of the art market but also evokes the American dream of opportunity for all.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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