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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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He attended college at New York’s Cooper Union and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Yi Won-kon, a professor emeritus of fine arts who advised Roh in the center’s early days, said he had initially doubted a wealthy socialite without formal training in media-art theory could succeed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

He completed a master’s degree in fine arts at UCLA, and his work has been featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

The girl turned right—toward the fine arts wing.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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