When describing his painting ‘Candlelight Cottage,’ the late Thomas Kinkade said its ‘candlelight has a cozy, intimate quality — especially when it’s suffused in the soft mist of this fine English ...

SAN FRANCISCO — To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade‘s commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as a simple, soothing addition to ...

“Thomas Kinkade had a quite outsize cultural impact with really bad art,” says the Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight in a new documentary film about the painter. “I mean, really, really, ...

“This is where I’m putting my retirement money,” says a woman in a brief but infuriating scene from the new documentary “Art for Everybody,” about the life and downfall of the enormously popular ...

News of Thomas Kinkade’s death arrived on the same day I received in the mail a vintage teacup on which I had spent a ridiculous amount of money. It has a cottage painted on it. Kinkade, whose work ...

As admirers await an autopsy report, revealing to the world how a 54-year-old man dies in his sleep of “natural causes,” we might pause to wonder about Thomas Kinkade, his work, and the many who have ...

SAN FRANCISCO - To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade's commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as a simple, soothing addition to ...

Stormtroopers set cutesy cottages aflame in a genius new mashup called “Wars on Kinkade.” Some genius named Jeff Bennett has unleashed the full force of the Dark Side on the Painter of Light’s treacly ...

Thomas Kinkade is best known for his kitschy paintings of picturesque towns, but the late artist’s personal life contains a few shocking twists. The new documentary “Art for Everybody” captures ...

SAN FRANCISCO — To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade‘s commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as a simple, soothing addition to ...