: characterized by or showing artistry or artistic talent
The artsy Paloma Picasso chatted up husband Rafael Lopez Sanchez, the Argentine playwright.—
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: showily or pretentiously artistic : arty, artsy-fartsy
For a month, all Edinburgh is a stage, life is a cabaret, and people like me feel comfortable spouting artsy clichés while bingeing on three or four or five performances a day. —Bob Sipchen
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Her boyfriend is the artsy type.
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Completed in the early 1950s, the rare midcentury-modern home on Glenway Drive in the artsy community of Fondren is now being offered for sale at $2.5 million for the first time in four decades, with Douglas Adams and David Abner Smith of Crescent Sotheby’s International Realty holding the listing.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 1 July 2025
And that's the thread that got lost in last year's lackluster third season, where vibes and an overly artsy structure got in the way of just seeing this trio in a room together, preferably a kitchen.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Best of all, the modules aren’t just for artsy inspiration or under-sea fun, as the living installations actively function to restore marine habitats.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
Besides Karl and Johnny—boyfriends sharing a cold-water walk-up near the Third Avenue El, the elevated railway running north and south through Manhattan to and from the Bronx—Edna spends her social hours with artsy boys and girls connected to the Art Students League.
—John Birdsall
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 1 July 2025
And that's the thread that got lost in last year's lackluster third season, where vibes and an overly artsy structure got in the way of just seeing this trio in a room together, preferably a kitchen.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Best of all, the modules aren’t just for artsy inspiration or under-sea fun, as the living installations actively function to restore marine habitats.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
Besides Karl and Johnny—boyfriends sharing a cold-water walk-up near the Third Avenue El, the elevated railway running north and south through Manhattan to and from the Bronx—Edna spends her social hours with artsy boys and girls connected to the Art Students League.
—John Birdsall
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
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“Artsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/artsy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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