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Trump Wanted a Van Gogh. Instead, the Guggenheim Offered Him a Gold Toilet Called 'America'

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Trump Wanted a Van Gogh. Instead, the Guggenheim Offered Him a Gold Toilet Called 'America'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The Guggenheim declined President Donald Trump's request to borrow a Vincent Van Gogh painting, instead offering to loan him an 18-karat gold, fully functional toilet called "America," according to an email obtained by the Washington Post.

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I think it’s a sadder commentary on modern art than on Trump.

I recall going the the biennial at the Whitney several years ago, and someone was passing off a 8’ x 20’ litter box as “art”.

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Seems fair—the R wing of the Capitalist Party is passing off Donald J. Trump as “president.”

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If you can’t cry to this, you have no soul.

https://www.youtube.com

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An internet fart, perhaps.

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This, like the TV commercials, is priceless. My respect for the Guggenheim, and MS. Spector just went through the roof.

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Ah, but politicians are always con artists… Real artists are supposed to lose the “con”

#12

Thanks, that was great.

#13

You bring back memories. I saw him perform that live decades ago… Thanks

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Our CD community is very special, I’m not sure how many times I watched this, but my dog got a good drink from my tears.

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Our CD community is very special, I’m not sure how many times I watched this, but my dog got a good drink from my tears.

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Methinks Ms. Spector must have been inspired by reading the biography “YUGE!  30 Years Of Doonesbury On Trump” by G. B. Trudeau . . .