Solid gold toilet to land in English stately home

CNN — A golden throne in an English stately home might not sound that surprising – but this is a throne with a difference. A solid 18-karat-gold toilet will be installed at Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke of Marlborough, as part of an exhibition by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan – his first solo show in Britain in 20 years. The exhibition, hosted by the Blenheim Art Foundation, will feature new works by the artist, but the main attraction is sure to be “America” – the fully functioning gold toilet that will be plumbed into a room adjacent to the one in which Winston Churchill was born. A Russian woman said she wanted to know what it’s like to be rich, while a German woman said it was a reminder that “everybody shits.” Blenheim Art Foundation will host the work at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. President Donald Trump’s White House emailed the Guggenheim and asked to borrow Vincent Van Gogh’s 1888 painting “Landscape with Snow,” but the curator of the famed institution had a counteroffer: the gold toilet.