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Apparently if you’re the president of the United States, you can just ask to borrow paintings from famous museums.
A report from the Washington Post reveals that White House curator Donna Hayashi Smith sent a request to the Guggenheim Museum in New York on behalf of Donald and Melania Trump to borrow a priceless Van Gogh painting for their personal living quarters. Instead, the museum offered a toilet made of solid gold.
“Many thanks for your request to the Guggenheim Museum to borrow Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Landscape in the Snow’ for the President and First Lady’s private quarters in the White House,” museum curator Nancy Spector wrote in an obtained email. “I am sorry, however, to inform you that we are unable to participate in this loan.” Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Museum masterfully trolls Trump's request to borrow a Van Gogh
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