About MOBA – Museum Of Bad Art (2024)

FAQs

What is the most valuable thing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art? ›

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired the last painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna, a devotional panel of the Madonna and Child above a painted, inlaid parapet, considered a landmark in the history of devotional imagery–from the Stoclet family in Brussels, Belgium for around $45 million, making it the single most ...

Since 1994, the Museum of Bad Art has been dedicated to bad art. It is only through the efforts of the worldwide Friends of MOBA that we have been able to carry out our mission: to bring the worst of art to the widest of audiences. MOBA maintains this website as well as a bricks-and-mortar gallery in Boston, MA.

Sometimes one question can start a dialogue that you would never have thought existed. For younger kids ask them about colors, shapes, what they think people are talking about in the picture, what pictures they like or don't like. For older kids ask what piece of art would you put in your room and why?

Admission is always free.

Throughout 2022, U.S. authorities seized at least 29 items from the Met's collection — including Greek busts, Egyptian bronzes and ancient plates, helmets and statues. There are items made of gold, bronze and terracotta, and they were pillaged from around the Mediterranean and India.

"Salvator Mundi" is renowned for being the world's most expensive painting. This artwork, depicting Jesus Christ as the Savior of the World, was lost for years before its rediscovery.

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".

Admission to MOBA is free only because DBco allows (even encourages) MOBA to adorn the walls in the taproom, game room, the stairwell, even on the outside of the elevator shaft and a walk-in refrigerator. While you're there, try house-made craft beers, cider, seltzer, and wine.

Admission is free to all visitors every day. Please check in at the Visitor Services desk upon arrival to allow us to share information about special exhibitions, gallery tours, programs, and other amenities available to ensure that you have a great visit!

What should I ask an art girl? ›

Bad art might not be bad. It might be naive. Naive art as a label lacks a lot of nuance, and it's also been called Art Brut, primitive art, or as Obelisk refers to it: Outsider art. Outsider art can describe artwork created outside the influence of a dominant aesthetic or academic tradition.

Artists are usually the ones seeking out the opportunity so it's an exchange…the artist gets exposure and the museum or gallery gets a percentage if the art sells. Galleries and museums do seek out artists too of course, but even then, they don't pay them to actually exhibit their work.

Museum staff complain of climbing costs and a case of “long covid”. In America only a third of museums have met or surpassed pre-pandemic visitor numbers. Higher energy and labour costs have pushed up ticket prices in Europe, too.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

The Mona Lisa

It's the most iconic work of art in the world, and it's the most expensive. In 1962, the Mona Lisa was assessed by insurers at $100,000,000. In today's prices, that's around $860,000,000. In reality, The Louvre would never part with this artwork, making it truly priceless.