{"id":36,"date":"2018-03-21T22:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2018-03-23T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T18:00:23","slug":"take-a-peek-inside-museum-of-bad-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/take-a-peek-inside-museum-of-bad-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Take A Peek Inside Museum of Bad Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6ATZYv61IY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tucked away in the basement of the Somerville Theatre is a museum that explores the outer edges of art. This isn\u2019t the place to find masterpieces or envelope-pushing exhibitions. Instead, you\u2019ll find art that confuses, confounds, and elicits belly laughs. This is the Museum of Bad Art.<\/p>\n<p>MOBA has been operating in the Somerville Theatre for nearly two decades, and admission is included for free when you buy a movie ticket. But the museum got its start in 1993 when Scott Wilson, an arts and antiques dealer, found a painting in the trash. He liked the frame but not the artwork itself. The piece made its way to Jerry Reilly, a West Roxbury art enthusiast, who then, with the help of friends, began collecting the type of art that makes observers cock their heads. After an incredible turnout at a showcase of the growing collection, the Museum of Bad Art was born.<\/p>\n<p>read more &#8211; http:\/\/scoutsomerville.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked away in the basement of the Somerville Theatre is a museum that explores the outer edges of art. This isn\u2019t the place to find masterpieces or envelope-pushing exhibitions. Instead, you\u2019ll find art that confuses,[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artroute.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}