Should I bin my friend's art?

Why are people reporting, the OP didn’t post the picture someone else did

It might be a gateway to Narnia, keep it safe!

That was the case with the picture of the Dawn Treader, which Eustace's Aunt Alberta didn't like at all, so she put it in a guest bedroom, as it had been a wedding present from somebody she did not want to offend.

The person who shared the photo from friends is not the OP.

Reported thread.

friends.fandom.com/wiki/Gladys

The painting was made on Friends TV show.
By someone called Phoebe.
I didn't watch friends but I did a reverse image search.

lol this is mental, imagine being that much of a dick

Since she put effort into it, just give it back to her and say you've agreed on minimal decorations for your new house

You would chuck something in the bin that a good friend had spent many weeks making and is really proud of?

Definitely don’t bin it or reuse the frame. I’m an artist who regularly exhibits and sells work. I never give pieces to anyone after giving a piece to family friends years ago. They told me they’d binned the original piece and reused the frame. I really hurt and still does. I’d rather they’d simply returned the piece to me.

Just say that it doesn’t go in the new house and ask if she would like it returned rather than it being shoved in a loft.

I wouldn’t be offended but equally I don’t often gift my art to friends or family because I don’t want them to feel that they have to pretend to like it! The only time that I’ve done anything other than cards for friends is when asked and even then I’m not going to sob into my pillow if they don’t want what I have done. It’s subjective.

Do what I do with my kid’s ‘art’, take a photo of it on your phone and launch it into the recycling.

Sensible
Say it doesn't suit the new house.

This
Except this is a winde up.

Fake/joke post?

Please don't put it in the bin. She's spent a lot of time and effort making it.

You need to come clean with her and give it back to her.

As an artist I'd be devastated if a friend binned my work (although I don't give my work to friends who didn't ask for it/ buy it!)

If they just said "I don't think it's really in keeping with my decoration plans for my new house" and gave it back, I wouldn't be offended at all!

She loves it - say you don’t think it suits your new house would she like it. She likes it - binning it instead of giving it to her sounds cruel.

That’s truly, truly awful @Joyjazz. No matter how good a friend she is, that would give me bloody nightmares. Can you let her know you were burnt at the stake in a past life and it’s haunting you? It’s far too realistic?
*I am 52 and still traumatised by the clown painting my grandmother had in the toilet at her place when I was little. I used to sneak past the loo and pee in the bath with the water running. If I had to do ummm…. anything else, I’d cry with my eyes shut. (It was really very John Wayne Gaycey in there…)

You shouldn’t have to keep art work in your house that you don’t like. I think it’s worse to just stash it in the loft than to charity shop it- at least then someone might find it and really love it. I do think giving a large piece of art is a risky gift- you’re putting quite a pressure on the receiver to love it when it’s obviously so subjective. We’ve been given so many paintings and pictures over the years (not done by the givers in our case, just purchased)- and I do hugely appreciate the gesture, and love the people who gave them- but nonetheless if we’d displayed it all we’d have a house we hated! And we have so little storage it would be impossible to keep them all. I get it’s harder when your friend has painted it herself- but I agree this kind of gift is in part about the giver, and a bit burdensome for the receiver. I would take it to a charity shop a fair distance away, and honestly just wouldn’t mention it again. If she asks I’d ‘We haven’t put all our pictures up yet, still deciding where everything goes.’

THE PICTURE SHARED ISNT THE OPS PICTURE sorry just needed to shout that for the 50% who seemed to be confused

Are you for real?
maybe friend couldn’t afford to buy something from white room or Jo malone and thought they’d do something nice.

the piece looks awful and I wouldn’t thank anyone for that but to suggest it’s selfish and all about them, that the friend took the time to paint it and gift it is just bonkers.

Would it still be selfish and about the artist if said friend was Banksy or Jenny saville and the piece was worth millions or is it only when it’s someone’s hobby or they’re not very skilled that it becomes ego centric?

I thought you were BU until I saw it. It's a horror. I would be very upset about the irreparable damage it suffered in the move. You can't keep the frame, you'll just get another offering to put in it. Bin the lot.

Yep just like that episode of friends 🤣

YABVU to bin in, it was a meaningful gift that took a lot of work. But I get what you mean…I would keep it but not hang it in new house keep it in drawer or hang it somewhere by the kitchen pin board or less significant where you don’t spend much time. Just don’t mention it and if she brings it up just say you love it but are being really obsessive about new house colour scheme or something like that. But don’t bin it!

I almost screamed when I saw it. That's a hell of an ugly, seriously deranged picture.

As other posters have advised, you have the perfect opportunity to "lose it" when moving houses. Just tell her you didn't prepare the painting well for the move and got damaged beyond repair.

No matter how much I love a friend, there is no way I will hang this creepy thing on my walls.

Can you tell her it doesn't fit in with the decor of the new house and would she like it back seeing she has put a lot of effort into it?

We had this it's not a bad picture (it's of my dog) but not to our taste and not fitting with decor. It's in the f downstairs loo.

I'd relocate it to an upstairs room. If she asks where it is say/show her. The Magee months later put it in the loft.