'America', an 18-carat gold toilet, by artist Maurizio Cattelan is available for public use at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. <br /><br />Scroll through the gallery to see more outlandish installation art from around the world.
'America' (2016) by Maurizio Cattelan —
'America', an 18-carat gold toilet, by artist Maurizio Cattelan is available for public use at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Scroll through the gallery to see more outlandish installation art from around the world.
Kris McKay © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Florentijn Hofman brought his eye-catching <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Ftravel%2Fhong-kong-giant-duck%2F">"Rubber Duck"</a> to Hong Kong's busy harbor in 2013, but it's not the only time it's been shown. Hofman debuted the playpful piece in 2007, and has displayed it in Amsterdam, Osaka, Sydney and Sao Paulo, among other places.
"Rubber Duck" (2013) by Florentijn Hofman —
Florentijn Hofman brought his eye-catching "Rubber Duck" to Hong Kong's busy harbor in 2013, but it's not the only time it's been shown. Hofman debuted the playpful piece in 2007, and has displayed it in Amsterdam, Osaka, Sydney and Sao Paulo, among other places.
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Ai Weiwei pays tribute to the migrant crisis by creating an installation in Austria. It is made using over 1,000 life jackets used by refugees.
"F Lotus" (2016) by Ai Weiwei —
Ai Weiwei pays tribute to the migrant crisis by creating an installation in Austria. It is made using over 1,000 life jackets used by refugees.
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Street artist JR created the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F05%2F24%2Farts%2Fjr-louvre%2F">ultimate trompe l'oeil illusion</a> when he covered I.M. Pei's famous Pyramid with a black-and-white photograph in May 2016.
JR at the Louvre (2016) —
Street artist JR created the ultimate trompe l'oeil illusion when he covered I.M. Pei's famous Pyramid with a black-and-white photograph in May 2016.
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Originally commissioned and designed for the UK pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo, Wolfgang Buttress' "Hive" is a light and sound installation <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F06%2F20%2Farts%2Fthe-hive-wolfgang-buttress%2Findex.html">controlled by bees</a>.
"The Hive" (2016) by Wolfgang Buttress (2016) —
Originally commissioned and designed for the UK pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo, Wolfgang Buttress' "Hive" is a light and sound installation controlled by bees.
Jeff Eden, RBG Kew
No, you're not seeing a ghost. Edoardo Tresoldi's <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F04%2F18%2Farts%2Fwire-ghost-church-edoardo-tresoldi%2F">reconstruction of a destroyed basilica</a> in Puglia, Italy was made of wire and mesh.
"Basilica di siponto" (2015) by Edoardo Tresoldi —
No, you're not seeing a ghost. Edoardo Tresoldi's reconstruction of a destroyed basilica in Puglia, Italy was made of wire and mesh.
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Constructed over Iseo Lake in northern Italy in June 2016, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F06%2F27%2Ftravel%2Ffloating-piers-lake-iseo-italy%2F">"The Floating Piers"</a> saw 200,000 floating cubes united to create a runway the village of Sulzano to the island of Monte Isola.
"The Floating Piers" (2016) by Christo Vladimirov Javacheff —
Constructed over Iseo Lake in northern Italy in June 2016, "The Floating Piers" saw 200,000 floating cubes united to create a runway the village of Sulzano to the island of Monte Isola.
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Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone certainly brightened up the Nevada desert with his <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsevenmagicmountains.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">colorful stacked boulders</a>.
"Seven Magic Mountains" (2016) by Ugo Rondinone —
Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone certainly brightened up the Nevada desert with his colorful stacked boulders.
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French artist Daniel Buren's "Observatory of Light" transformed the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris into <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F05%2F26%2Farts%2Flouis-vuitton-daniel-buren%2F">a giant kaleidoscope</a>.
"Observatory of Light" (2016) by Daniel Buren Fondation Louis Vuitton —
French artist Daniel Buren's "Observatory of Light" transformed the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris into a giant kaleidoscope.
Courtesy Iwan Baan / Fondation Louis Vuitton
During a residency with the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation, Portuguese street artist Vhils used neon lights, acid and styrofoam to create works of art on the city's tunnels, trams and buildings.
"Debris" (2016) by Vhils —
During a residency with the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation, Portuguese street artist Vhils used neon lights, acid and styrofoam to create works of art on the city's tunnels, trams and buildings.
Bruno Lopes / Courtesy of HOCA Foundation
Renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei covered the columns of the Gendarmenmarkt concert hall in Berlin with <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F02%2F14%2Farts%2Fai-weiwei-berlin-life-jackets%2F">14,000 discarded life jackets</a> to highlight the number of migrants taking to the seas every day.
Ai Weiwei at Gendarmenmarkt (2016) —
Renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei covered the columns of the Gendarmenmarkt concert hall in Berlin with 14,000 discarded life jackets to highlight the number of migrants taking to the seas every day.
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New York artist KAWS brought his brand of street-inspired pop art to the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F02%2F05%2Farts%2Fkaws-yorkshire-sculpture-park%2F">Yorkshire Sculpture Park</a>, installing six towering sculptures across the multi-acre outdoor gallery in the north of England.
KAWS at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2016) —
New York artist KAWS brought his brand of street-inspired pop art to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, installing six towering sculptures across the multi-acre outdoor gallery in the north of England.
Courtesy KAWS and Yorkshire Sculpture Park/Photo © Jonty Wilde
Olafur Eliasson installed 1<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2015%2F12%2F08%2Fopinions%2Fsutter-ice-watch-cop21-two-degrees%2F">2 blocks of ice</a> from Greenland in Paris' Place du Pantheon during the December 2015 COP21 climate change conference. The blocks melted away over 12 days, highlighting the effects of climate change.
"Ice Watch" (2015) by Olafur Eliasson —
Olafur Eliasson installed 12 blocks of ice from Greenland in Paris' Place du Pantheon during the December 2015 COP21 climate change conference. The blocks melted away over 12 days, highlighting the effects of climate change.
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Antony Gormley positioned 31 sculptures of <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2015%2F11%2F19%2Farts%2Fantony-gormley-event-horizon%2F">naked, anatomically-correct men</a> across a kilometer stretch in the heart of Hong Kong.
"Event Horizon" (2015) by Antony Gormley —
Antony Gormley positioned 31 sculptures of naked, anatomically-correct men across a kilometer stretch in the heart of Hong Kong.
Alex Chinneck is known across the UK for his ambitious installations. In September 2015, he created a 35m-tall sculpture of an <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2015%2F09%2F18%2Fdesign%2Falex-chinneck-instaview%2F">upended electric pylon</a> in Greenwich.
"A bullet from a shooting star" (2015) by Alex Chinneck —
Alex Chinneck is known across the UK for his ambitious installations. In September 2015, he created a 35m-tall sculpture of an upended electric pylon in Greenwich.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2015%2F08%2F20%2Farts%2Fbanksy-dismaland-art-exhibition%2F">Banksy's "bemusement park,"</a> a warped vision of the so-called "happiest place on Earth," was open for two months in Weston-super-Mare, England, before it was dismantled. The materials were then <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2015%2F09%2F29%2Farts%2Fbanksy-dismaland-refugees-calais%2F">shipped to Calais</a> to be turned into shelters for migrants.
"Dismaland" (2015) by Banksy —
Banksy's "bemusement park," a warped vision of the so-called "happiest place on Earth," was open for two months in Weston-super-Mare, England, before it was dismantled. The materials were then shipped to Calais to be turned into shelters for migrants.
Charles Pétillon's dream-like installation "Heartbeat," comprised of <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2015%2F08%2F28%2Farts%2Fcharles-petillon-covent-garden-balloons%2F">100,000 balloons</a>, was suspended inside London's Covent Garden for a month in 2015.
"Heartbeat" (2015) by Charles Pétillon —
Charles Pétillon's dream-like installation "Heartbeat," comprised of 100,000 balloons, was suspended inside London's Covent Garden for a month in 2015.
Courtesy Edelman
Anish Kapoor originally designed this sculpture and observation tower for the 2012 Olympics in London. In 2016, with was modified to include <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2016%2F04%2F28%2Fdesign%2Fworlds-tallest-longest-tunnel-slide%2F">the world's longest tunnel slide</a>, designed by Carsten Höller.
"ArcelorMittal Orbit" (2012) by Anish Kapoor —
Anish Kapoor originally designed this sculpture and observation tower for the 2012 Olympics in London. In 2016, with was modified to include the world's longest tunnel slide, designed by Carsten Höller.
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Richard Serra is one of the world's most famous minimalist sculptors. His "Tilted Arc" was installed in the Federal Plaza in downtown Manhattan in 1981, but it was taken down in 1989 due to <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2014%2F10%2F01%2Fworld%2Fgallery%2Fcontroversial-art%2F">public backlash</a>.
"Tilted Arc" (1981) by Richard Serra —
Richard Serra is one of the world's most famous minimalist sculptors. His "Tilted Arc" was installed in the Federal Plaza in downtown Manhattan in 1981, but it was taken down in 1989 due to public backlash.
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