As a society, we’ve seen some pretty weird stuff being sold recently. Like a piece of toast that has an image of a holy figure on it. Or a back hair of some famous celebrity. Or a piece of an aircraft of someone famous who died.

This is right up there.

Perhaps the oddest piece of work at Art Basel is a bar of soap, displayed on a square of black velvet, purportedly made from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s fat, removed during liposuction.

What the F??? That bar of soap is considered “art?” Now, I know that art is different to different people, but COME ON. A piece of fat from some politician is NOT art. It’s just gross. Do you actually use that? Is it some sort of sick fantasy of people to be rubbing a prime minster’s fat on themselves? Gross.

What do you think?