art world

A form of artworld — A group or network of people involved in the production, commission, preservation, promotion, criticism, and sale of art.

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Meanings

nounart world (plural art worlds)

plural art worlds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of artworld.

    A row has broken out in the international art world over the departures of Tanya Barson, the English curator, and Pablo Martínez, the head of programmes, from the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (Macba).

    2021 July 25, Stephen Burgen, “Departures at high-profile Barcelona museum provoke anger in art world”, in The Observer, →ISSN
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APA

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“art world.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20world. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “art world,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20world.

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