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18 Carat Gold Toilet Named “America” Available For Use In New York Museum

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The Guggenheim Museum in New York makes available for use a toilet made of solid gold. The 18-carat bathroom fixture is an artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, now available for public use in the Manhattan museum.

The Italian artist is known for his controversial installations and contempt for the art world. At his first solo exhibition, Cattelan closed the gallery and left a sign on the door that said “Back Soon.” In 2011, after hanging his remaining works in the atrium of the Guggenheim, the fifty-five-year-old artist announced his retirement.
But the gold toilet, entitled “America,” represents his comeback. Cattelan, like an aging action hero, returns to condemn the world.
“America” is inspired by Marcel Duchamp, who signed a urinal and presented it as an artwork at the Armory Show of 1917. Ninety-nine years later, Cattelan’s toilet seems to advertise the poverty of the artist’s imagination and the Biblical wealth that the museum commands.
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Leading Opposition Candidate In Uganda’s Presidential Election Promises To Build A Museum In Idi Amin’s Honour

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A leading opposition candidate in Uganda’s presidential election has promised to repatriate the remains of the former dictator, Idi Amin, and build a museum in his honour.

Amama Mbabazi, the former prime minister, said he wanted to reconcile different factions in Uganda. Too often, they divided the country between Idi Amin’s people, Milton Obote’s people and Yoweri Museveni’s people, he said.

Amin’s eight-year rule from 1971 to 1979 was characterised by bloodshed and eccentricity. He killed opponents, often brutally, and expelled Uganda’s Asian population, before being overthrown by Obote. He died in exile in Saudi Arabia in 2003.

 

Mr Mbabazi is running for the first time against Mr Museveni in elections after falling out with his former close ally. The president is seeking a fifth term in the fiercely contested election due on 18 February.

By the way, how many people watched that movie on Idi Amin years back? Was really really so scary. No one is indeed above God.