Some of the oldest and magnificent works of art are paintings. Thankfully many famous ones are still hanging on museum walls for people to see, and use in their protests.
A trip to the museum is one of the many reasons why people fly thousands of miles to vacation in certain cities, or at least make it a point to visit one during a trip out of town. The likes of MoMA in New York, the Louvre in Paris and the Art Institute of Chicago always have something or the other going on, and also house some of the most well known paintings in human history.
Apparently, some of those are disappointing as hell.
That's according to an analysis from Coupon Birds, who scraped thousands of reviews to find out which paintings made people walk away thinking: "that's it?". Turns out that not even the likes of Andy Warhol, Rembrandt and Vincent Van Gogh are safe from a dreaded shoulder shrug. I guess the kids these days just don't appreciate or value a painting anymore. Here's what people have been saying about popular paintings from around the world.
Key findings:
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The tiny "Mona Lisa" (Louvre) holds the distinction of being the world's most disappointing masterpiece โ 37 percent of people left negative reviews. Guess you can't please everyone.
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On the other end, the most impressive pieces of art that people thought were worth their time included "Flaming June" by Lord Frederick Leighton (which is in the Museo de Arte Ponce, Puerto Rico) in the top spot, followed by "The Laughing Cavalier" by Frans Hals (The Wallace Collection, London) and "Irises" by Vincent Van Gogh (The Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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Between art institutions in famed cities around the world, both Paris (27.6 percent) and New York (26.7 percent) had a similar number of negative reviews, whereas Florence (18.1 percent), Chicago (16.8 percent) and London (13.5 percent) had the least.
Top Five Most Disappointing Masterpieces
5. 'Impression Sunrise' by Claude Monet (Musรฉe Marmottan Monet, Paris)
4. 'Campbell's Soup Cans' by Andy Warhol (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
3. 'The Persistence of Memory' by Salvador Dali (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
2. 'Liberty Leading the People' by Eugene Delacroix (The Louvre, Paris)
1. 'Mona Lisa' by Leonardo da Vinci (The Louvre, Paris)
Top Five Most Impressive Masterpieces
5. 'The Calling of Saint Matthew' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome)
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4. 'The Swing' by Jean-Honorรฉ Fragonard (The Wallace Collection London)
3. 'Irises' by Vincent Van Gogh (The Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
2. 'The Laughing Cavalier' by Francs Hals (The Wallace Collection, London)
1. 'Flaming June' by Lord Frederick Leighton (Museo de Arte Ponce, Puerto Rico)
It's currently loaned to the Royal Academy of Arts, in London, till January 2025.
Via Coupon Birds.
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