Thomas Kinkade

“Painter of Light” Goes Bust

Arts, Culture & Media

When I came across the work of the painter Thomas Kinkade, almost a decade ago, I was fascinated and appalled. As you know if you listen to the show, I’m really not a snob — I loved The Hangover, for instance, and don’t really get opera. But the popularity of Kinkade’s ultra-treacly landscape paintings, produced […]

Thomas Kinkade and the Democratization of Art