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MOBA News is the leading journal in the field of bad art. It is published electronically and sporadically and is distributed free to Friends of MOBA in good standing.

There is no better publication for keeping up to date with all late breaking developments in the world of bad art. Read about recent MOBA acquisitions and events, inside reports of controversial bad art issues, and editorials by leading authorities.

What does it take to attain the coveted status, Friend of MOBA? A working email address and the ability to somehow tell us what it is. We will then assume that you are willing to commit your life to bad art and will enroll you. Would you like to join our preeminent institution?

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MOBA Media Sightings

Times of London The prestigious Times of London has recognized MOBA as one of the 50 Greatest Museums in the world!
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TravelNerd The website TravelNerd.com has included MOBA on their list of the World's Top 10 Weirdest Museums
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Good Experience Live conference MOBA's Permanent Acting Interim Executive Director presented MOBA's concept and history to an appreciative audience. (Warning: this is about 20 minutes long).
http://gelconference.com/videos/2010/louise_reilly_sacco/

Wikipedia on MOBA Their researcher did a good job. She even fact-checked with MOBA staff. This heavily footnoted article tells you more than you wanted to know about the Museum of Bad Art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Bad_Art

NPR's Morning Edition. Interview with Mike Frank, MOBA's Curator-in-Chief. NPR helpfully provides a print version of the article too.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128724062

Roadside America The Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions, came to visit.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/12264

The New York Times included MOBA (of course) in an article about "Lowbrow Art". Not sure we agree with the characterization. Lowbrow is not a word we would use to describe our collection or our fans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/arts/design/03badart.html

Failure magazine (online) featured MOBA. Since we celebrate an artist's right to fail, this seems fitting.
http://failuremag.com/index.php/feature/article/the_museum_of_bad_art/

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of probable interest

The Museum Of Bad Art passes bad check to the Salvation Army

MOBA news

Since our founding, we received at least three messages suggesting that we archive back issues of MOBA News. This archive is in response to the overwhelming demand.

issue	ignoble details
#107	WILDLIFE EXHIBIT, INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION - May 2013
#106	DEDHAM GALLERY CLOSED, WASHROOMS STILL OPEN HOPEFULLY - December 2012
#105	INSPIRATION, PERSPIRATION AND MORE - October 2012
#104	VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN - February 2011
#103	MOBA ON FACEBOOK - July 2010
#102	NEW EXHIBITION DATE - March 2010
#101	RUSSIAN TV IS COMING - March 2010
#100	BIGGER, BADDER, BEAUTIFULLER - March 2010
#74	FINE WEB SITE FOR BAD ART - March 2004
#72	CONTROVERSY WHACKS MOBA BOARD
#71	MOBA IN LITERATURE
#62	SYCOPHANTIC DEDICATION
#61	SPECIAL EDITION APOLOGIES
#60	NEW EXHIBITION (BUCK NAKED)
#59	HEADING TO THE GUTTER
#58	ESTEEMED CURATOR IN SORDID SCANDAL
#57	MOBA WORLD TOUR
#56	MOBA'S SATELLITE GALLERY
#52	AWASH WITH BAD ART
#45	MOBA TAKES THE ART TO THE PEOPLE
#40	MUSINGS ON THE SUBJECT OF FINE WINE AND BAD ART
#39	IT TAKES A LOT OF FINE WINE TO TRULY APPRECIATE BAD ART
#36	I JUST CAN'T STOP
#31	EXTRAVAGANZA IN DEDHAM
#28	KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE, PAINT HOW YOU FEEL
#26	NO NEWS ON ART THEFT
*	SPECIAL EDITION - ART THEFT AT MUSEUM OF BAD ART
#25	BAD ART TAKES CAPE COD BY STORM