Ever feel the urge to visit Barney Smith and his world-famous Toilet Seat Art Museum? Well, it’s time to go or get off the pot. Smith is 96 and not sure how much longer he can hold it. “Don’t wait too ...
On August 28, the world’s most innovative toilet company, TOTO, opened a new museum dedicated to a century of lavatories. The new museum, which exhibits 950 TOTO products and fabricated bathrooms, ...
A testament to the throne. A love story to the lavatory. Whatever you want to call it, Japan’s newest museum lends itself to plenty of potty jokes — the AFP reports that Japan’s leading toilet ...
In a 2011 paperback, cultural critic Greil Marcus coined the term “The Old, Weird America” to describe the eerie, odd and often forgotten nuggets of American culture. At Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art ...
This spring the city will lose a one-of-a-kind cultural treasure and a truly rare commode-ity. It will lose a collection of historical artifacts dating back to the early 19th century that has drawn ...
We will always remember the Alamo and will never forget the grassy knoll. Mostly because there are places to remind us. But what about cockroaches, washing machines and the dead? In Texas, there’s a ...
After months delays caused by manufacturing difficulties, Maurizio Cattelan’s long-awaited solid gold toilet makes its debut at New York’s Guggenheim Museum today. The 18-karat gold ‘participatory’ ...
Just when you thought you may have heard the last about the fan-built Lars Ulrich toilet that went viral late last year, the story has taken an even more peculiar and unexpected turn. The Ripley's ...
Oh the puns that will come out of this. The Guggenheim Museum in New York City has put an 18-karat gold toilet on display – and visitors can actually use it. It’s been installed in a one-person ...
We will always remember the Alamo and will never forget the grassy knoll. Mostly because there are places to remind us. But what about cockroaches, washing machines and the dead? In Texas, there’s a ...