A tour of the Museum of Bad Art

Museums are believed to house art's best masterpieces thoughtfully composed by the most talented of people. That's why a Massachusetts gallery that specializes in bad art is gaining traction. Bill Geist visited the Museum of Bad Art in Somerville, Mass., and took a look at their priceless collection.

[@converse1crystal]

I find it hilarious how they blur out paintings of nipples....

[@Mastermind12358]

But forgot the one at 4:18

[@Lulu-qp6oh]

KZbin policy..?

[@mingakinsgibayuxds7542]

Free the nipples activist

[@werefucked5227]

Mastermind12358 it's time to fap

[@cornbreadloverrr]

I find it hilarious when women say "I find it hilarious..." and then say something that is quite the opposite of funny. I also find it hilarious that you care so much. I also find it hilarious that my comment is ironic.

[@brucejohnwayne7783]

I think some of the paintings are pretty good

[@redsyko7505]

yeah

[@svenlittlecross]

+Bruce John Wayne thats the point

[@svenlittlecross]

+svenlittlecross apart from "theres a fucking human being creating this stuff for intimate and honest reason", quality next to that is irrelevant

[@gasparucciox9706]

me too

[@xcp4518]

Well executed but awful concepts

[@BibsZL]

Needs more deviantART Sonic OC section...

[@bobafrap3253]

we don’t go there

[@aysekalin6799]

i applaud everyone who’s art is on that museum. Even though their art is considered bad, at least they did something and tried. That is so precious.

[@FoxElliott]

Some of these are better than modern art

[@TheClimbingBronyOldColt]

You dare compare the nonsense that is contemporary art, to these masterpieces? Shame on you!

[@sissyrayself7508]

Elliott all of them are as good as modern art and wayyyyyyy better than contemporary or post- modern "art".

[@RCWest]

Ikr XD

[@Micho55]

maybe if any of you had a shred of knowledge on modern art you would post comments a little less generic

[@goldenknight4310]

Mysllaw M. Well I can see where he is coming from. Popular art (mainly contemporary or modern) looks the same and if you ask me it looks Stupid

[@14freckles14]

A few of these aren't that bad tbh XD

[@scaredy-cat4404]

+14freckles14 3:09 i want that one

[@franskel9647]

1:44 is my personal favorite

[@antmilklover1241]

True

[@en1909s9iah]

I feel they are bad, but they are also pretty original and their have their own 'spirit'. You can tell that it's not a random selection.

[@ashleycasey2093]

Am I the only one who would buy this art?

[@brucejohnwayne7783]

+Ashley Casey I think they are being sarcastic, and dissing the snobs of New York and what not by calling this "bad art". Many of the paintings express a deeper meaning, which main stream modern community was supposed to, but failed at delivering.

[@aaronduvalin]

please do!! help your local art economy!

[@theremharth]

The very last one before the the end of the video was prime. (A sun with a face).

[@pambie7222]

they seriously had to censor,, it's art holy shit

[@pleasekillme3215]

Pambie yes, but if it goes against youtubes guidelines, then they have to censor it.

[@TheClimbingBronyOldColt]

My impression of KZbin: _"Viulence, guuuuud, nipples, baaaaaad!"_

[@blue_cameron]

Pleasekillme I don't think it's against KZbin guidelines.

[@lidorgod]

Maybe the nipples were swastikas

[@myfragilelilac]

I felt like. People have seen worse.

[@Mureirsa]

"Few works meet the museums low standards." LOL

[@lindasonnier9407]

where my kpop people at

[@styggia8]

I have find my people.

[@styggia8]

I have find my people.

[@styggia8]

I have find my kind of people.

[@ashbylaws1445]

ayyylmao kpop

[@sylendraws1249]

We already have museums of bad art they're called modern art museums

[@roxylamour1119]

Modern art is easily worse.

[@johnberkley6942]

Yeah. The only difference is one group of people are trying to be good and the other group aren't. Way harsh. I'm just going to wash my mouth out with soap.

[@juinsibal4401]

Are the artist in modern art dumb or are we dumb that just cant understand the meaning of the painting?

[@LiamHaleMcCarty]

Haha so true. Check out fArtism.org

[@anaparker6976]

wtf i see you everywhere

[@WilliamRivera1968]

I prefer these paintings one thousand times over the pretentious modern conceptual art.

[@WilliamRivera1968]

Larry Myers Your hemorroyds must be bleeding bad!

[@pooyah666]

modern and conceptual art are from two different time periods, "modern conceptual art" is a misnomer. modern is pre ~1965, conceptual is after and until today.

[@pennynikkel9542]

Larry Myers lmaaaoooo

[@ashmckinlay1402]

Museum of bad art? Surely they mean the Tate modern.

[@RCWest]

pooyah666 ohh no wonder 1960s art sucks! Didn't know that was also mondern art.

[@yourworstnightmare2303]

I really loved those pieces of art and I'm an artist myself! Lots of those are rookie mistakes and with training could be fixed. But tbh, I really liked a lot of them and would love to have them. The effort and sincereity are what matters.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

I agree. I have been painting abstract art for ten years. I didn't think these were so bad!

[@MrLaggy2000]

Some of this art is bad, yes, but other pieces have a uniqueness that is actually quite expressive. I thought a couple of the pieces were good enough to non-ironically hang in a home or even in an exhibit of lesser known artists. Although non of the art shows mastery of the canvas, they all show more promise than the "art" that plasters the walls of today's modern art museums. Money and prestige have ruined the art world and has made it inaccessible to those who aren't money launderers or pretentious enough to like objectively bad art. This exhibit is a breath of fresh air and I commend the curator as well as the artists who have made it possible

[@mystikskullz2583]

She should print out DeviantArt vore art screenshots and pin them up.

[@ieatspaghettiwhenimsad.2159]

Oh, hey! Didn't expect to meet another plate of spaghetti here. :)

[@jiri6481]

@@ieatspaghettiwhenimsad.2159 lol

[@ineffablemars]

Oof, as an “artist” this make me feel pretty insecure

[@mista4life849]

As long as the art you make makes you happy it dosen't matter if it's "good" or "bad" what matters is that you had fun creating it .

[@nachoolo]

still better than modern art

[@downhell666]

+nachoolo YES

[@shina7418]

josh71111 Nope, modern art is an overpriced piece of shat.

[@rockstar2PL]

you can buy sme of that abstract art in IKEA for 15 bucks

[@RCWest]

josh71111 No it's definitely not beautiful.

[@CAT-2323]

*post modern art

[@XY90K]

"I've seen worse at contemporary art museums." I can't even tell the difference between contemporary art and this, at least it's not canned shit and heaps of garbage.

[@spikespiegel6587]

I really like the idea behind it all. "We're celebrating an artist's right to fail", its a beautiful irony. Because every artist starts from somewhere, and they celebrate it by exhibiting their works to give appreciation on their path to the arts

[@cheerubebayonettaholopaine2638]

#freeartnipples

[@harrymunter2317]

If Picasso signed one of these paintings it would be considered a masterpiece and worth millions. Contemporary Art is sickeningly pretentious.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Dan Arthur I agree, I agree, I agree, oh do I ever agree with you, soooooooo much.

[@Jesei1211]

Harry Munter There is a reason why he became so famous. When he was 5 he finished one of his father's painting and with 18 he won a art competition or something like that. But he wasn't interested in drawing life like so he created his own style.

[@warriorcatskid003]

Mood

[@cuac5869]

Picasso is a master in the world of art not only because he created cubism but he was a great artist before he developed his own style and that is why he became famous. He was recognize first a as a great painter and Lester also known for abstract. So don’t say anything about him if you don’t know

[@millisam5273]

how is picasso contemporary ? lmaooo know your onions before stating your opinion love

[@yellinghayfire4935]

About half of them are actually good. Especially 0:53 and 3:23. I would downright buy Lucy in the Fields.

[@weirdguy4948]

Yelling Hayfire the one at 3:23 is terrible

[@RobertF-]

One day they might discover that one of these paintings is actually done by a famous abstract expressionist artist and is a lost work of theirs worth millions of dollars. A lot of these look like famous painters like Matisse or Willem de Kooning. But seriously though, I don't think anything could really be called "bad" art. She said it was about giving the artists the right to fail. I don't think any of these were "failures". Putting aside the whole topic of making money from art, or how much art sells for and all that, putting that aside completely for a moment, I don't think anyone can say a painting is "bad" or not. Of course, it is an objective thing of whether a painting looks like a photo or really realistic, or not. Either a painting looks really realistic and accurate, or it doesn't. But just because it doesn't, it seems silly to say that it's "bad" art. Again, completely putting aside the whole thing of making money or making a living from your art, the only thing that matters about art is whether the person felt joy when they were making their art, whether they felt like they were expressing something deep within them. Whether they felt just a little bit more alive while they were painting. If someone paints a painting that looks really realistic, and really skillful and accurate and all that, but it was complete drudgery for them to make it, they didn't have any fun making it and they just wanted to finish it and get it over with so they could show it off to someone, that is a failure in my opinion. That is completely against the whole point of what art is supposed to be about. Art is supposed to make the artist feel just a little bit more alive while they are creating it. That is the marker of good or bad art. Not what anyone else thinks about it. But how much joy and how much more it made you feel alive when you created it. Art is more about the artist than it is about the audience who may or may not see the art itself.. Art is not about the finished product that may either get praise from some and criticism from others. That's not important. Art is more about the process itself of creating art, than it is about the finished product. I got the sense from a lot of these paintings that the people who painted them were having a blast when they made them, ha ha. And that's all that really matters at the end of the day, at the end of the road. Everybody should paint a picture every now and then, and not worry about whether or not it is "bad" art and will get into a museum like this one day. All that matters is that someone paint a picture and have a little fun. What someone else thinks about the painting is really just secondary. That's just opinions and pretentiousness.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Robert so basically by your definition art is selfish.

[@bmona7550]

I love how you're allowed to touch or get close to the paintings. It's makes this museum less stuffy. Ironically artists like Picasso at some point had their paintings turned down by museums so the rejected artists created an alternative art event exhibit of rejected art next to the museum. The funny part is, most of the people during the event went to their exhibit rather than the "real acceptible" museums 😂. Serves them right!

[@pattycake5842]

Touching messes up the painting I'm surprised they got to touch the painting

[@JAMAICADOCK]

thing is, if some of these paintings had been done by established artists working a scuzzy anti- aesthetic - they could be worth a lot of money. But that's the trouble with being unestablished - first you gotta get your degree and have a few shows before your bad art is taken seriously.

[@elvisnotcostello]

finally a place to get my art into

[@julianmars8968]

your ordinary lynx same

[@avaniandart]

Same *cry*

[@WankersCramp69]

Still better than most contemporary art.

[@forza1sra]

All*.

[@leirawhitehart1236]

I actually like the man with the poofy disco hat.

[@SniperRed0092]

A lot of this stuff is good.

[@angelheart2722]

All of those are better than "modern art"

[@orphansparrow2]

This makes me so happy. I love this lady - "Celebrating the artist's right to fail." :)

[@Xturnia]

Imagine getting called up: "Hey, we want to display your art in the museum of bad art."

[@chelly3452]

Idk if theyre the only museum with "bad art", the MoMA has some pretty questionable things

[@boosweets9242]

Honestly, I would visit this museum everyday. I enjoy looking at artists work.

[@Inseut]

I'm gonna send them all my drawings. Oh my god i loved it so much

[@Time_To_SHINE_9799]

These type of places will inspire a hidden artist in a person

[@NikkiG1134]

These people dont understand how brilliant some of these pieces are.

[@guybourdin343]

I don't think these artworks are bad. They are just someone's interception. I think this lady is actually rather rude, not wanting to acknowledge that art isn't perfect.

[@yasmeen5747]

+Levi Ackerman, she is entitled to her own opinion, as an artist I can admit that not all of my works I produce are perfect either. If everyone had to acknowledge that all pieces of art work are without a flaw then art school would serve no purpose.

[@skiihigh12real]

Levi Ackerman that's how stupid or ignorant people are and I'm already afraid to put my art in a festival show or gallery in a gallery I love.people just mean and don't care , makes me sick what people say to others work even if it's a famous art.

[@orangejoe204]

"I don't think these artworks are bad. They are just someone's interception." Uh...buddy? Interpretation + perception =/= "interception". That's a different word that means a totally different thing. "Artwork "is also already plural, you don't need an extra s. Their artwork might not be bad but your English is pretty hilarious.

[@Vincent-pz3bc]

Levi Ackerman you must be a contemporary artist if you think this isnt trash

[@tregenzat1178]

There's a difference between interpretation, an artist having their own style and unique form or art, and artists that simply lack knowledge of basic anatomy, color theory, and depth

[@scumbag576]

I hate CBS Sunday morning because my mom watches it every Sunday and it reminds me that I have to wake up early the next day and go out in public and be a human being

[@kamenridernephilim]

The one with the fellow in the coconut I find both funny and rather well done. The Pals one with the monkey and clown looks like a book cover for Curious George..

[@kamenridernephilim]

3:22 Makes me think of my grandmother and her love for flowers.

[@capjoartist1200]

The fantastic museum is a paradise, I love ❤️ the beautiful and amazing Artworks ❤❤❤

[@brenna8446]

So it's a family refrigerator?

[@quietman71]

0:59 "I've seen worse at contemporary art museums!" Dang, you beat me to it.

[@jenniemikasa576]

the one at 4:20 is really beautiful in my opinion

[@Raphael3032]

*insert "modern" art critique from people that don't even know the difference between modern and contemporary"

[@djork6518]

“found where?” “in the trash” 😭😭😭

[@californiabobby3858]

some of these are actually amazing and deserve to be in museums

[@sssvvv1747]

I liked almost all of these?

[@shamaynygren8465]

My daughter sent me a link of another video by this creator! This stuff is absolutely what the kids and I do all the time! This is hilarious!!!

[@rustyalcorta3643]

I love it. It reminds me of my art. Soon as I get money I'll set up a museum for Houston's bad art community.

[@ratihkusuma2745]

Still better than so called contemporary art

[@speedydog45]

Oh but I throw a paint bucket on a canvas call me Picasso and it's worth a billion dollars

[@josephcowan6779]

+A Pacing Goose so do it! Something tells me if you had done that and it sold you wouldn't be knocking it.

[@sterlingjoseph5068]

A Pacing Goose that's Jackson pollick that did that not Picasso

[@fabrizio483]

The painting at 0:09 of a lady with a green vest sitting on a red chair is quite lovely. It doesn't belong there. I'd love to buy it, actually.

[@vOddy75]

The man in the puffy disco hat was way too good. Anyway, I fail to see the point of this museum. Any modern art museum is more than bad enough.

[@melaniereeder2349]

The art is not good art, but the display of the art is good art.

[@bhavanima]

Great concept Museum Of Bad Art!! ,,,can't wait to see my donation Green Wet Suit Couple Romancing the Swamp!!

[@carrie4492]

At the Detroit Institute of Art they have on display a giant red canvice at least 10 feet tall with a white stripe down the middle. If that is something that qualities to be in a museum then the artwork in this video deserves to be in a museum as well. Most of the art shown wasn't that bad.

[@raliremmrossend6320]

Might be an omage to The White Stripes, they are a band from Detroit and that's their aesthetic and color pallet pretty much.

[@nikolasrpak6187]

This cures my cancer.

[@JebemTiZivot]

Better than most of the modern contemporary garbage in museums nowadays🤷‍♂️

[@bubbercakes528]

Looks a lot better than most modern art I’ve seen. At least they didn’t just toss paint on a canvass!

[@kledynk6591]

I love this idea so much!

[@nishthalama]

That coconut bathtub one was good. :)

[@heru-deshet359]

This is actually better than "Art" for sale displayed in hospitals.

[@AssasinSniperman]

All of these art is way better than what i can do.

[@huskypack6811]

Wow finally a place where my art can be appreciated

[@beseeingyou6]

I absolutely love this

[@hanniarachma6005]

Welllll... the one at 4:21 looks cool to me.

[@shina7418]

Better than modern art.

[@a-bird-lover]

Oh man how do I send them my masterpieces of narnia on a lobster, backwards centaur, and fish legs

[@matiaspalma964]

these look a hundred times better than modern art right now which is so recognized around the globe

[@chatterbox6664]

Better than any modern art museum.

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

"Whopping $13 offered for return of prized Bad painting." I like how every event unfold around MOBA sounds like a satirical comedy movie.

[@The-Blue-Knight]

better then the blank white canvas currently hanging at the art institute of Chicago. LOL

[@riav7467]

Considering blue line, blue and yellow, blank canvas which sell for millions this seems like a great collection.

[@BuniSlug]

The quality of the art is subjective. It all depends on the viewer's eye. Are they saying abstract and minimalistic works such as those of Picasso are bad art?

[@ngyufeng6205]

i think what they meant by bad art is art that seems to intend to do something, art that one can see the artist's intention, but fails to deliver it and ends up being awkward

[@640A]

This is where ''modern art'' belongs...right next to the bad art!

[@MrIrons-og3rg]

Thank you. I need my own Art gallery here in Jamaica

[@shutter-chan]

I would gladly buy something like this over those modern art.

[@saskiaahaaha3464]

I'd abasolutley want to have that piece at 4:20 .... noteably, it is the picture at 4:20 I like most. I see what u did there.

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

the Madonna and child one was my favorite

[@danibrent3068]

Finally, a museum for me

[@OdinComposer]

Have they seen deviant art?

[@Akniy]

Better than most of the art today that gets sold for millions of dollars

[@jdncoke2]

'i have seen worse in modern art museums'- absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mcayh1588]

I have one of these in my hometown, too. It’s called the walls of the art corridor in my high school.

[@jeanalisson]

4:20 nobody can tell me that's a bad painting by any stretch

[@user-mp9xz8yg4j]

That bad art she is displaying is a million times better than anything I have seen in a modern art museum.

[@stevemorton4593]

Big Fan of Bad Art. I would buy a paint by number kit of an Art piece displayed at the museum.

[@skullgarden2417]

The painting of the lady in the field is actually a nice painting to me.

[@nothingbutfleurs]

honestly i love all of them

[@DerrickIbalai]

This is actually really nice. I'd love to visit

[@MpMon]

Even though its called as bad art, its still pretty historic to me,the effort and passion is still inscribe in those 'bad art' , they are still a masterpiece

[@coldsphagett8910]

Still better than those blank canvas in those modern art galleries

[@xwarx1000]

I am fan of bad art, coz is better than most contemporary arts.

[@Dragontamer135]

Better than modern "art" museums where some idiot draws a square, a few other shapes and then flicks old paint on the canvas and boom! Apparently it's abstract

[@EvelynL.1112]

Agreed

[@TheMovieSequelDude49]

Imagine being rejected from the Museum of Bad Art.

[@MangakaJuryau]

some how better than most modern art

[@sherifox4437]

I think it's better than most art.

[@taylorward3773]

Still better than anything I could ever do.

[@boogiewoogie6733]

this is better than nowadays art