The group has protested at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts,while its Instagram account has drawn the ire of the artist’s mighty-mighty-granddaughterA new movement born of an Instagram account has one central complaint: Pierre-Auguste Renoir - the French impressionist – was a terrible artist, and his paintings should be removed from museums.[br]Holding signs that said “ReNOir”, or “Take ’em down! Renoir Sucks” and “God Hates Renoir”,members of the Renoir Sucks at Painting movement protested external the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on Monday. The group, led by organizer Max Geller, and demanded the museum remove Renoir paintings – of which there are many,including the illustrious Dance at Boufival, 1883 – from its walls. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com