Photo: The day in art pranks: Why God hates Renoir

A photo posted by Renoir Sucks At Painting (@renoir_sucks_at_painting) on Oct 5, 2015 at 11:46am PDT

A Harvard University post-doc who is no fan of the work of French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir led a protest (of sorts) against the painter's work in front of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

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Max Geller, creator of the Instagram account renoir_sucks_at_painting organized the tongue-in-cheek action, in which various sign-bearers stood before the museum bearing handmade signs reading "Aesthetic Terrorism" and chanting slogans such as "Other art is worth your while! Renoir paints a steaming pile!”

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The Boston Globe has the story — along with many more pictures of the partisan signage. Find Geller's Renoir-hating Instagram here.

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