Museum Of Bad Art - Somerville Massachusetts

Museum Of Bad Art - Somerville Massachusetts
The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) is a privately owned museum whose stated aim is "to celebrate the labor of artists whose work would be displayed and appreciated in no other forum". It was originally in Dedham with current branches in Somerville, Brookline, and South Weymouth in Massachusetts.Its permanent collection includes over 700 pieces of "art too bad to be ignored", 25 to 35 of which are on public display at any one time. MOBA was founded in 1994, after antique dealer Scott Wilson showed a painting he had recovered from the trash to some friends, who suggested starting a collection. Within a year, receptions held in Wilson's friends' home were so well-attended that the collection needed its own viewing space. The museum then moved to the basement of a theater in Dedham. Explaining the reasoning behind the museum's establishment, co-founder Jerry Reilly said in 1995: "While every city in the world has at least one museum dedicated to the best of art, MOBA is the only museum dedicated to collecting and exhibiting the worst." To be included in MOBA's collection, works must be original and have serious intent, but they must also have significant flaws without being boring; curators are not interested in displaying deliberate kitsch.

[@wacky_paintings]

The expression on that cats face at 3:18 is brilliant.

[@navigatorofnone]

This place is more interesting than other modern art studios/gallery.
I suspect this was the inspiration for Pickman's Gallery on fallout 4.

[@sidilicious11]

“ Good taste is the enemy of creativeness.” - Pablo Picasso

[@capjoartist1200]

The museum is a paradise for me

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

1:08 The painting isn't outrageously bad, but the accompanying note about the donor is priceless.

[@MitchK_]

This deserves more views. How do people not know about this underrated video/ museum!?

[@meko819]

i wish i still lived up north! i would love to visit the museum. some of the art is pretty cool

[@arielmozetto]

Amazing

[@capjoartist1200]

Very beautiful and fantastic Artworks , I love ❤️ it

[@AvyScottandFlower]

Doesn't sound good to display their _entire_ collection on their website
They should leave some of it out, available only to their actual visitors as a bonus (imo)

[@jaxintagoldqueen]

Absolutely love this Museum

[@creativecatproductions]

These are treasures

[@wallyandellen5099]

Interesting concept and old movie theatres have such a majestic charm about them.

[@richabh]

The "bad art" in that museum is better than most pretentious "modern art".

[@euminkong]

So true

[@jeice3714]

At least in bad art you could tell they actually tried and poured their soul out

[@jaxintagoldqueen]

Totally

[@dpelpal]

That's because modern "artists" aren't taught drawing.

[@XplorerSteveDIY]

I like her title.

[@iwantedtobethatanomaly2270]

Bad art? I don't see bad art. All I see is interesting and beautiful art!

[@vangogo6819]

Before they opened the museum at the Somerville Theater my husband and I went to the one at the Dedham Theater, not sure if that is still there. They warned you on the website that before you visit that the gallery is downstairs next to the men's room and you will hear peeing and catch the odor of urine, they didn't lie!😝But the exhibit was so funny, the descriptions are even funnier than the art. I'm an artist and I think it helps us who attempt but don't always succeed to make good art be able to laugh at our "happy little accidents". 🤣🤣🤣

[@winterlighthome]

Wait. The colorful dog with the colorful bones is really cute. That'd be great hanging in a preschool classroom.

[@bendeco]

Art is not defined as am image. It's defined as the passing of an experience from one to another. The rest is up to interpretation.

[@infrasleep]

I've seen on Christie's auction site paintings with an estimate of £1m to £3m and they are literally the sort of thing your 3 year old brings back from kindergarten whom you patronise by saying how good it is, stick it on the fridge door for a week or so before chucking it away!
A load of scribbles and blobs ! Art is anything you can get away with !!

[@samahr2031]

I loved Mana Lisa

[@patsyjohnson2064]

I think it's brilliant. It's different.

[@jeice3714]

10000000 times Better than modern art

[@mk_rexx]

2:43 Non-seeing eye dog

[@ayatollahvladimirputin3844]

Woman riding crustacean

[@robo293]

somehow I like it and would go....

[@Mantis_Teiresias]

Can I send you my paintings ?

[@creativecatproductions]

This is the greatest museum on earth 😆

[@kosmos4133]

Some of them are literally not bad at all!!

[@user-iz7mq6cp6x]

better than 100% of modern art.

[@kittykatz4001]

Amen 🙏!

[@myfragilelilac]

Weasel in brothel
Bandname anyone?

[@kellybillette7209]

Well must say that I'd rather look at the "bad art" than a huge shark in a tank. SORRY DAMIAN HIRST

[@zcoolr]

"He was a friend od mine" painting is not that bad.

[@mprashanthir]

when some of the art displayed here is better than urs:
T^T

[@NicolesNaturals]

What bothers me the most is that these paintings are actually good, but a banana taped to a wall, or a giant white canvas with nothing on it sells for millions.

[@koolbuildings7916]

The banana taped to the wall is a money laundering scheme for wealthy people. It has nothing t do with art.

[@birthofanation5628]

1:17 Illuminati Art 💩💩😒😒💩💩

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

I don’t get it. Then again, art isn’t my thing. To each their own

[@birthofanation5628]

Modern art... 💩💩😧😧💩💩

[@premiumaccount4166]

really? a museum for bad art? so just anyone can paint something ugly and submit it. sorry but thats just stupid

[@eiaboca1]

You kinda missed the point