Billionaire financier and collector Steven Cohen has been revealed as the owner of one of Maurizio Cattelan's golden toilet sculptures, *America* (2016), which he purchased from Marian Goodman Gallery in 2017. Sotheby's will auction the 18-karat gold work on November 18 with an opening bid of about $10 million. Separately, Sotheby's Paris achieved €18.6 million ($21.5 million) from the collection of late real estate mogul Manny Davidson across two sales, the highest total for a single-owner sale in France this year. In other news, Gladstone Gallery now represents the estate of Robert Colescott, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art is planning a major Vincent van Gogh exhibition titled "Van Gogh's Sunflowers: A Symphony in Blue and Yellow" for 2026.
The Cohen revelation adds a high-profile name to the lore of Cattelan's satirical piece, which already includes a theft from Blenheim Palace and an offer to the Trump White House. The sale comes amid growing interest from crypto collectors and art investors seeking headline-making transactions, underscoring the intersection of contemporary art, wealth, and market spectacle. The Davidson collection results highlight continued strength in the Old Masters market, while the van Gogh exhibition promises a rare transatlantic loan of the National Gallery's *Sunflowers* (1888), marking a significant curatorial collaboration.