The Tweets About Central Park's Gold Cube Are Better Than The Gold Cube Itself

If you wanted to create a metaphor about the frivolous nature of excess wealth in today's society, a useless gold cube situated in the middle of Central Park seems a little on the nose. Whatever the actual meaning behind it (which is apparently something to do with NFTs?), that, at least, is what most people have taken from German artist Niclas Castello's new "sculpture," which he unveiled this week in NYC.

Composed of 400 pounds of pure 24-karat gold, the cube is worth around $11.7 million. Sounds huge right? Well, despite early reports and misleading photographs, the piece is actually extremely underwhelming considering the fact that it needs its own security detail. It is only about a foot and a half high and it's not even solid - "it has a wall thickness of about a quarter inch," according to Artnet.

Of course, Twitter users were quick to comment on the cube and honestly, the memes and reactions are better than the stupid thing itself.

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— Freddie Campion (@FreddieCampion) February 4, 2022

Not wordle, just the gold cube in NYC
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— Robert Bork III (@BobbyBorkIII) February 3, 2022

Calling all ACME Gumshoes! Carmen Sandiego has stolen the Central Park Gold Cube! pic.twitter.com/hFAuEnapuo
— Cody🐛 (@wichmann_cody) February 4, 2022

can’t believe no one has tried to heist the gold cube in new york yet pic.twitter.com/HZEPayTSqR
— Joe Cole // 📍CDMX (@joecacola) February 4, 2022

a heist movie about stealing the gold cube at central park during a blizzard that destroys the zoo freeing hungry predators
— drip posting (@paradoomer) February 3, 2022

If you ever feel like maybe you’re not good enough, just remember that there’s an artist out there who had access to $11.7 million in gold and the best he could come up with was a cube https://t.co/CUfbspk7dC
— Willie Muse (@Williesillie2) February 3, 2022

walking into central park with a shirt that says "i eat gold cubes" and loitering near the golden cube to make all the armed guards nervous
— Twilight Sparkle (@yourcompanionAI) February 4, 2022

Ugh, I’m so hungover… I remember going to Central Park last night and that’s it… *patting my pockets* Wait a minute, where’s my gold cube worth $11.7 million?
— ❥ 𝑪𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒔 ❥ (@tonyhawktruther) February 3, 2022

[Photo by Sandra Mika]