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A History of Toilets in Art
This 19 November, it's World Toilet Day. From Duchamp's urinal to Maurizio Catalan's golden toilet, this is our chance to talk about a subject that is rarely discussed: toilets in art history!
So, who was first to decide we need to stop squatting in ditches, and nurture the call of nature? Get the facts behind the act in this whistle stop tour of the toilet and its ingenious invention.
Content produced by : Google Arts & Culture
On the agenda

video - 1:29
Who invented the toilet? Take a seat and find out
By: Google Arts & Culture

podcast - 27:20
Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” (1917)
By: The Lonely Palette

video - 4:52
The art of turning shit into gold
By: Arte

video - 14:05
Piero Manzoni and his “Artist’s Sh!t”
By: The Transgressives

podcast - 59:03
Private: Bathroom Art
By: Art is Everything

video - 1:00
“Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp
By: Art Explora

video - 4:07
The Great Toilet Paper debate
By: Arte

video - 9:35
Marcel Duchamp the Man and his “Arty” Urinal
By: Modern Art is Rubbish