Absolutely True
The Washington Post. I did not want you to miss this.
The emailed response from the Guggenheim’s chief curator to the White House was polite but firm: The museum could not accommodate a request to “borrow” a painting by Vincent Van Gogh for President and Melania Trump’s private living quarters.
Instead, wrote the curator, Nancy Spector, another piece was available, one that was nothing like “Landscape With Snow,” the 1888 Van Gogh rendering of a man in a black hat walking along a path in Arles, France, with his dog.
The curator’s alternative: an 18-karat, fully functioning, solid gold toilet — an interactive work titled “America” that critics have described as pointed satire aimed at the excess of wealth in this country.
No word yet on whether or not Trump already has one.
Yes, the Guggenheim has loaned art to the White House before. However, it was for the oval office or public areas.
Thanks to Chloe Bear for the heads up.
I think the highest possible use for that toilet would be to stick Trump’s head in it, flush, and give him a swirly.
But I love the image of Ms Spector considering, Let’s see, what would be appropriate for the Trump White House… Oh yes, just the thing!
1Somebody is going to learn the laws of thermodynamics, quickly.
Dump will demand the the staffer with the biggest
2gluteus maximus warm up the seat before he uses it.
That gold toilet is a perfect metaphor for the Trump administration.
3If the suggested alternative isn’t acceptable, perhaps the Guggenheim could check their basement for an original “Velvet Elvis” that might be available on temporary loan.
4If Trump has one, you know his would be shoddily constructed of the cheapest crap materials with an ultra thin gold plating job.
5Coprolite, while there isn’t a shortage of sycophants orbiting Dotard45, it could be a problem to find one of the dimensions required to pre-warm an area suitable to Donnie’s girth.
6OMG. Don’t you just love it! This is like coals to Newcastle!
7If we can’t all have a gold toilet, could we at least get T.P. with Rump’s face on it for daily protest use?
8Papa, it just so happens that I saw and almost bought the very roll of T.P. you seek. It is available at BookPeople here in Austin. A quick Google search will undoubtedly return an online or local source for you. Happy protesting!
9Art History: Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)
“The use of the word “Dada” for the art movement, the meaning (if any) and intention of both the piece and the signature “R. Mutt”, are difficult to pin down precisely. It is not clear whether Duchamp or Freytag-Lorinhoven had in mind the German “Armut” (meaning “poverty”), or possibly “Urmutter” (meaning “great mother”). The name R. Mutt could also be a play on its commercial origins or on the famous comic strip of the time, Mutt and Jeff (making the urinal perhaps the first work of art based on a comic). In German, Armut means poverty, although Duchamp said the R stood for Richard, French slang for “moneybags”, which makes Fountain a kind of scatological golden calf.”
10Papa and Ted, I don’t want to look at the man’s face, and I don’t want it anywhere near my personal area.
11Ha ha ha
12But who would be nominated as the official “butt wiper”? After all an ass of traitor trump’s proportions couldn’t possibly do the task itself. Tiny hands on stick arms won’t reach.
Wow–I wonder if Traitor Trump gets how disrespectfully he is regarded by most of the USA? I cannot imagine any request from the People’s House being rejected in this way.
13I’m thinking that based on Trump’s history, the museum calculated that there was a good chance the painting would not be returned.
14WA Skeptic, there was a moment of lucidity last summer when President Shithole said to one of his fellow perps, “They (USA) really hate me.” He resolved to be more decent. That lasted, oh, 7 or 8 minutes I think. It was noted as one of his longest periods of focus.
15He could also spend a few $K on a reproduction, put it in a gaudy gold leaf frame, and claim it’s the original. It’s what he did with Renoir’s Two Sisters. Now that I think of it, it’s a pretty good metaphor for Trump himself.
16Reading between the lines, curator knew that “loaning” the van Gogh to a sleazebag like donnie would mean “you’ll never see it again.”
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