There's an 18-karat gold toilet in New York

f you ever wanted to sit on a golden throne, now is the time to do it as the famed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York invited visitors to use the bathroom at "America," an exhibit by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

"America" is a fully functional gold toilet and has been on display for about a year.

More than 100,000 museum visitors have waited in line to use the popular installation, which is made out of 100 percent 18-karat gold.

The artwork, based on the museum's standard Kohler toilets, makes "available to the public an extravagant luxury product seemingly intended for the 1 percent," according to its label.

"America" is on the fifth floor of the Guggenheim's spiraling rotunda that was designed by architect Frank Lloyd-Wright, and will be removed on Sept. 15.

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[sous_chef_roman]

and then suddenly you tried to scratch the gold part and then u found out that its plastic

[ardnextdoor]

1900: we will have flying cars in the future



2020: g o l d e n t o i l e t

[von]

why do people hate this so much? i always dreamed of a fully functional golden things and a toilet would be the best one thanks to the quote "he stays on his throne(toilet)" so i can really be KING

[BAGINAZARD]

*The only bathroom where the use of camera use is encouraged*

[itsbritneybyotch]

Who would want to sit on a cold toilet seat or warm?

[mysteriousgt]

Bonus fact,
You can steal it in the next gta5 heist update

[kumarvlog]

And camera will be inside the restroom 😆😅

[arnrocarnroc]

Notice the mirror finish; it reflects to the owner the most honest image of their character every time they drop their trousers and use it.

[Fixture_And_AC_Finder]

This is a golden Kohler highcrest as you can tell

[jean-guillaumelonjaret]

It is not made of gold but gold-plated. If it were made of solid gold it would not be worth 2 million $ but between 15 and 20. If it were made of gold, the lever would bend and break after few uses. Et cætera...

[ajjones]

You know they make you clean that out every time you use that thing

[tiragd]

I wonder if anyone tried to like, break it apart

[Shadenxox]

This toilet seat must be clean, not because it's made of gold, but because nobody would scuff up something that's made out of gold.

[BAGINAZARD]

1:00 Just watching this along *I got the wrong idea*

[metalgeartex]

Jokes on y'all. It's not gold. We just haven't cleaned it since it was installed

[Orange-ymsv]

From gold to bronze

All shits fault

[bruv]

It can look more gold if u sit there for hours

[giantmelon]

Can't imagine the feeling of taking a dump in one of these

[ДмитрийГацура]

You try to give the video more brightness it will be great if you do

[wheelzwheela]

The instillation is called “America”. Imagine if it was made my an American and it was called “Australia”.