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"Art for Everybody" is a smart, buzzy film. But its effort to reframe a savvy peddler of kitsch is all too familiar.
She is standing at a table groaning with reproductions of Kinkade’s trademark images, such as quaint cottages and homey cabins ... the Thomas Kinkade phenomenon — his empire of art galleries ...
Thomas Kinkade, the subject of the documentary “Art for Everybody,” was just 53 when he died of ... s as if extraterrestrials had landed on Earth in a starship shaped like a cabin or bungalow. If you ...
In a new film profile, Thomas Kinkade's pastoral, hugely popular work sits uncomfortably with darker revelations from family ...
"Thomas Kinkade's style is illustrative saccharine fantasy rather than art with which you can connect at any meaningful level," Charlotte Mullins, the author of A Little History of Art, tells the BBC.
You could deck your whole life out in Thomas Kinkade. Kinkade, who turned out these original images and called himself the “Painter of Light,” is the subject of the new documentary “Art for ...
You may think you know the whole story of kitsch master Thomas ... Kinkade said, adding that “Warhol’s dream was that he would become a robot who just could push a button and his paintings ...
He carried a few extra pounds and sported a goatee as he spoke with fatherly instruction during art lessons from stages and TV screens. Thomas Kinkade was a popular art sensation the likes of ...
Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles is co-sponsoring one of the films at this year’s AfterImage Film Festival in St ...
Beloved by many, despised by others, Thomas Kinkade's quaint rustic scenes and his wholesome image belied a dark and tortured story that contrasts with his 'sugary' artworks. Thomas Kinkade turned ...