The Hyper-Commercialization of Van Gogh

Has Vincent Van Gogh’s art and life story been lost in the wake of hyper-commodification and commercialization? When did Vincent Van Gogh become a commodity? Who is Thomas Kinkade? Where am I?Who are you? Other places I hang out: Instagram:   / professorpeachez   TikTok:   / christeah_   Ko-fi : https://ko-fi.com/professorpeachez Send me a postcard: PO Box 8315 Victoria PO Central, BC V8W 3S2 CANADA Another video you might like: Museums and S*x    • Museums and S*x   Script-notes edited by Amelia Smith Check out her website: http://www.notyouraveragecistory.com/ Follow her on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/nturavrgcist... Thank you to Kateri and Will for lending their voices as the Art Saleswoman and Thomas Kinkade! Sources/Further Reading: Buying Time, Rob Horning https://www.artnews.com/art-in-americ... Vincent van Gogh and the art market – a brief history, Frances Fowle https://theconversation.com/van-gogh-... The Woman who made Vincent Famous, The Van Gogh Museum https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-a... Japan & Paris: A Unified Rhythm: Past and Present in Japanese Modern Art, Alicia Volk Japan & Paris: Modernist Painting in Japan’s Cultures of Collecting, Christine M. E. Guth Inspiration from Japan, The Van Gogh Museum https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-a... Forgotten boom: the legacy of Japan's 1980s art buying spree, Alexandra Bregman https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Art... A Van Gogh record: landscape of orchard with cypresses soars to $117m at Paul Allen auction https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/... Thomas Kinkade paintings not worth much, if anything, because of oversaturation, Charles Baudelaire   / thomas-kinkade-paintings-not-worth-much-if...   Commemorative Keepsake Yuletide Case File: Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage, Nathan Rabin http://web.archive.org/web/2015092511... Dark Portrait of a ‘Painter of Light’, Kim Christensen http://web.archive.org/web/2015092614... Vallejo's Thomas Kinkade community one of a kind, Kathleen Pender https://www.sfgate.com/business/artic... Brand Licenses, The Van Gogh Museum https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/about... Thomas Kinkade’s serene paintings hung in one of 20 American homes — as he hid a vault of tortured art https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo... Art for Everybody, Susan Orlean http://web.archive.org/web/2015092618... Pokemon x Van Gogh Museum, The Van Gogh Museum https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/about... Pokémon pandemonium: did the Van Gogh Museum play its cards right? https://www.theguardian.com/games/202... The Van Gogh Museum Fires Four Staff Members Over Pokémon Chaos https://news.artnet.com/art-world/van... Chapters: 0:00 The Ick 3:08 Van Gogh Art History Lesson 12:13 The Painter of Light 22:17 Pokemon JJJreact #ArtHistory