There’s a Functional, 18-Karat Gold Toilet at the Guggenheim

If you find yourself on the fifth floor ramp of the Guggenheim Museum, you can now use a fully functioning 18-karat gold toilet. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created the opulent copy of a Kohler toilet as “an over-the-top apotheosis of wealth” and has titled it “America.” Interestingly, Cattelan didn’t ever want it in the gallery, rather he told the NY Times, “I’m happy because it’s …

The Unappropriated Recipes

A tome celebrating Hong Kong, “The Unappropriated Recipes” by Para Site (the city’s impressive art center) features artist-imagined recipes uniting for a unique concept cookbook. From fortune-telling with spaghetti sticks, to “power socio-political movements with activist ingredients” and more, it’s part food, part art, and all a love letter to the vibrant city of Hong Kong. Find out more, or get involved, at Kickstarter.

Miami’s Funding Arts Network Turns 20 Years Old

Miami’s Funding Arts Network (aka FAN) turned 20, and continues its mission to support, empower and enhance the city’s artists. To celebrate its long and significant role in the art scene, FAN offered up grants “totaling $250,000 in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to 21 Miami-Dade non-profit organizations.” Since founders Deborah Hoffman and the late Nita Prieto-Maercks discussed starting the initiative, FAN has contributed …