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Terumah 5782 - Taking Our Broken Pieces With Us

Terumah 5782 - Taking Our Broken Pieces With Us7 feb 2022

As reported by Artnet News, on February 2, joggers in New York’s Central Park may have come across a curious, rather illustrious sight. A cube composed of 400 pounds of pure 24-karat gold, conceived by the German artist Niclas Castello, was wheeled out to the Naumburg Bandshell at around 5 a.m.  Although the work is not for sale, according to the artist’s team, based on the current price of gold at $1,788 per ounce, its material worth is around $11.7 million. Flanked by a heavy security…