Jerry Saltz on Thomas Kinkade, 1958-2012

"I view art as an inspirational tool. People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls." The words aren’t those of Gerhard Richter or Joseph Beuys. They’re not by Picasso, Mondrian, Malevich, or any other messianic modernist. They come from Thomas Kinkade, the epitome … More »