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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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The Victoria & Albert Museum in west London is the world’s largest museum of design, decorative and fine arts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

“I discovered puppetry around the same time, because it’s sort of the center of that Venn diagram of crafts, fine arts, engineering and acting,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

It feels like a logical jump, then, from the highbrow fine arts to the pop star Beyoncé, whom Ms. Chan describes as “the musician as artist as artwork.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"It's always been a super strength and I know how much our group of forwards pride themselves in keeping it right up there. They spend a lot of time honing those fine arts."

From BBC • Sep. 12, 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