Tagged With "Maurizio Cattelan"
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Re: April 24, 2018: Thirsty?
And not the first time for a toilet as a museum exhibit. The Guggenheim in New York last year had a solid-gold working replica by Maurizio Cattelan, entitled America, that could be used by visitors. And, famously, in 1917, Marcel Duchamp challenged concepts of art and esthetics by exhibiting a 'readymade,' a standard urinal turned on its edge, signed as if by an artist, and labeled... Fountain.
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San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, Milan (Where Gumbo was #365)
Gumbo was visiting the beautiful church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore in Milan. The church is known for its many beautiful frescoes, and a magnificent space known as the Hall of the Nuns.
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Showdown in Florence: Contemporary Artists vs Michelangelo
The Vatican's Pieta, by Michelangelo. Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia , home of Michelangelo's David, will put on a exhibition temporarily titled "The great masters of contemporary art...
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Yes, but is it art? Guggenheim's gold toilet
New York's Guggenheim Museum has a solid-gold, functioning, available-to-the-public-for-the-obvious-purpose toilet, which doubles as a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.