fine art
noun
1
a
: art (such as painting, sculpture, or music) concerned primarily with the creation of beautiful objects
—usually used in plural
b
: objects of fine art
2
: an activity requiring a fine skill
Examples of fine art in a Sentence
a collector of fine art
She studies painting in the department of fine arts.
We saw the sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts.
the fine art of gourmet cooking
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Newson has previously designed furniture, luxury goods and fine art.
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Keith Laing, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
After high school, Goldsworthy spent a year at an art college in Bradford, near Leeds, and then began a degree in fine art at Preston Polytechnic, in Lancaster.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Housed in a 1930s neo-Georgian mansion overlooking Otsego Lake, the Fenimore Art Museum boasts a comprehensive collection of American folk art and fine art, frequent changing seasonal exhibitions, and the phenomenal Thaw Collection of American Indian Art.
—Linnea Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
Sullivan, raised in Massachusetts and now based in New York, started her gallery as a hybrid space straddling the worlds of decorative arts and fine art, of things made yesterday and over a century ago.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026
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Keith Laing, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
After high school, Goldsworthy spent a year at an art college in Bradford, near Leeds, and then began a degree in fine art at Preston Polytechnic, in Lancaster.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Housed in a 1930s neo-Georgian mansion overlooking Otsego Lake, the Fenimore Art Museum boasts a comprehensive collection of American folk art and fine art, frequent changing seasonal exhibitions, and the phenomenal Thaw Collection of American Indian Art.
—Linnea Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
Sullivan, raised in Massachusetts and now based in New York, started her gallery as a hybrid space straddling the worlds of decorative arts and fine art, of things made yesterday and over a century ago.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Fine art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fine%20art. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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