{"id":1856499,"date":"2026-03-30T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1856499"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:24:37","slug":"giant-golden-toilet-sculpture-appears-near-lincoln-memorial-in-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1856499","title":{"rendered":"Giant Golden Toilet Sculpture Appears Near Lincoln Memorial in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tThe latest in a series of politically inflected sculptures to appear on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is a giant golden toilet that can now be found near the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n
\n\tIts title, as its plaque states, is A Throne Fit for a King<\/em>, and its makers is the Secret Handshake, the same group of anonymous artists that also produced Best Friends Forever<\/em>, a sculpture that featured a beaming Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWith so much horror happening on a daily basis, it\u2019s easy to forget what this President has actually accomplished. Like remodeling\u00a0The Lincoln Bathroom<\/em>,\u201d the Secret Handshake told ARTnews<\/em> in an email.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe group was referring to Trump\u2019s renovation last year of the bathroom attached to the Lincoln Bedroom, a guest room at the White House. At Trump\u2019s behest, the bathroom\u2019s Art Deco\u2013style green tiling was switched out for sterile marble, leading to online mockery. Trump said on Truth Social that the gesture was \u201cappropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tConducted during a government shutdown, the renovation was \u201chappening faster than anticipated, one of my trademarks,\u201d Trump said at the time. While the toilet itself still seems to be made out of porcelain, the lavatory\u2019s trash can, lamps, and faucet handles are now gold.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIn a time of unprecedented division, escalating conflict, and economic turmoil, President Trump focused on what truly mattered: remodeling the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House,\u201d its plaque notes. \u201cThis, his crowning achievement, is a bold reminder that the President isn\u2019t just a businessman, he\u2019s taking care of business. It stands as a tribute to an unwavering visionary who looked down, saw a problem, and painted it gold.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe 10-foot-tall sculpture on the Mall contains a golden toilet that can be sat upon, the artists said, noting that the work will remain on view for several days. The group called its sculpture a \u201cmonument\u201d in the email to ARTnews<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\n\tThough the artists did note as much, their toilet is also presumably inspired by Maurizio Cattelan\u2019s 2016 sculpture \u201cAmerica\u201d<\/em>, which famously appeared at the Guggenheim Museum that same year. A functional toilet made out of 18-karat solid gold, \u201cAmerica\u201d<\/em> was so popular that some 100,000 waited to use it during its year-long run at the museum, according to the Guggenheim.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn 2017, the Trump administration requested the loan of a van Gogh painting owned by the Guggenheim. The Guggenheim declined the loan request, with curator Nancy Spector saying the painting could not travel according to museum policy, and instead offered to send \u201cAmerica\u201d<\/em> in its place.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>The plaque of A Throne Fit for a King<\/em>.<\/span>Courtesy the Secret Handshake<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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