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fine arts

Cultural  
  1. Art that is produced more for beauty or spiritual significance than for physical utility. Painting, sculpture, and music are fine arts.


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Named after the activist and academic Angela Davis, an anti-racism icon, Hill studied fine arts at a college in New York.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Misty Copeland, the trailblazing ballet star formerly of the American Ballet Theatre, has joined the chorus of fine arts personalities rebuking Timothée Chalamet for his dismissive comments about ballet and opera.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

The fine arts have long struggled with a so-called graying audience, and have moved mountains to innovate in ways that keep the genres fresh in order to attract younger, excitable crowds.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Mr. Gordon is professor of fine arts emeritus at Trinity College.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

She later lectured on the fine arts and published a weekly art journal.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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