What is the fascination of kitsch? As two masterpieces of kitsch painting -- Vladimir Tretchikoff's blue-faced Chinese Girl and Salvador Dali's equall...
It's a special moment in the course of history when something once lost or forgotten is rediscovered. Like the Titanic, King Tut's Tomb... or dusty tapes of a twisted QVC-style public access show from early '90s New York City.
Thomas Kinkade was quite possibly the most collected living artist and one of the most criticized, both for his sentimental artworks and for questiona...
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — In Thomas Kinkade's hometown, at the gallery where his art career first took off, an original painting by the self-describ...
If you have a sweet tooth, beware of Mark Ryden. He goes beyond kitsch and nosedives into the realm of the genuinely cute, with his doe-eyed cherubs a...
Living in the modern world, we are often faced with lifestyle choices that define who we are and who we will become. For years these differences have ...
We invest inanimate objects with power every day: wedding rings, dollar bills, etc... Art isn't just a reflection of status, it speaks to our self-expression and to what we value personally.
HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditio...
The pink flamingo lawn ornament was invented in the same decade that polyester pants, pink washing machines, vinyl wallpaper and Naugahyde lounge chai...
If there's an artist who most reminds us there are multiple art worlds -- each with its own pantheon of artists, fans, aesthetic and ideological concerns and targeted markets -- it's got to be Jack Smith.
It's nice to see I'm not the only one who has some utterly kitsch crap sitting around the house. Thank you for dusting off your souvenirs, photograph...
WHO: John Margolies WHAT: 'Roadside America' WHERE: Traffic Art Space 136 East 74th Street New York, NY 10021 WHEN: July 23rd - September 2nd, 2010...
