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work (such as paintings or sculpture) produced through the use of imaginative skill
They put their child's artwork on the fridge. A well-known illustrator provided all of the book's artwork.
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In one of the year’s highest-profile incidents, a group of artists pulled their artworks from a show of textiles at the Barbican Centre in London.
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The five-year legal battle between the heirs of American scene painter Thomas Hart Benton and a Kansas City bank accused of mismanaging his estate, selling his pieces for below their market value, and misplacing more than 100 artworks, has ended in a win for the bank.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The collection of installations and artworks is a representation of my life, and life in general.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
New York, especially during events like Art Basel, offers opportunities to acquire rare and exclusive artworks.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Instead, the bulk of it is devoted to modern and contemporary artworks that share something in common with Ailey’s choreographies, from a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting to a Karon Davis sculpture of a ballerina.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The medium became popular during the 1960s and ’70s within the conceptual art movement, which prioritized artists’ ideas, plans and intentions over the artworks themselves.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Clearly proud of his creative parents, Arjun offers a tour of Patel’s office, which is filled with wooden dolls, Hindu gods and goddesses, illustrations and his and his brother’s artworks.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Among the artworks expected to be housed there are important Cubist treasures donated to the Met by Leonard Lauder in 2013.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The five-year legal battle between the heirs of American scene painter Thomas Hart Benton and a Kansas City bank accused of mismanaging his estate, selling his pieces for below their market value, and misplacing more than 100 artworks, has ended in a win for the bank.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The collection of installations and artworks is a representation of my life, and life in general.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
New York, especially during events like Art Basel, offers opportunities to acquire rare and exclusive artworks.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Instead, the bulk of it is devoted to modern and contemporary artworks that share something in common with Ailey’s choreographies, from a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting to a Karon Davis sculpture of a ballerina.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The medium became popular during the 1960s and ’70s within the conceptual art movement, which prioritized artists’ ideas, plans and intentions over the artworks themselves.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Clearly proud of his creative parents, Arjun offers a tour of Patel’s office, which is filled with wooden dolls, Hindu gods and goddesses, illustrations and his and his brother’s artworks.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Among the artworks expected to be housed there are important Cubist treasures donated to the Met by Leonard Lauder in 2013.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Artworks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artworks. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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