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work (such as paintings or sculpture) produced through the use of imaginative skill
They put their child's artwork on the fridge. A well-known illustrator provided all of the book's artwork.
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Recent Examples of artworks
Velásquez has also overseen the growth of the museum’s touring art program, which has sent both individual artworks and complete exhibitions out into the world.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Participants will be able to add to the mobile with their own thoughts and artworks.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
Don’t expect anything too sciencey — Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, the duo known as Luftwerk, fashion simple-seeming artworks out of light, color and form, to create beautiful and surprising perceptual effects.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
Over 100 artworks by artists such as François Boucher, Giulio Carpioni, and Jacob Marrel, from the private collection of the Schörghuber family—owners of the castle since 2001—are displayed throughout the hotel.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2025
To fit a few thousand more artworks next to fifty thousand others, certainly.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Historic cutaways of English boarding houses and other artworks of the day served as further source material, though Bader also looked to less straightforward places for inspiration.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2025
On a purely visual level — looking at color, form, texture, materials — Todd Siler’s paintings, currently on display at the Museum of Outdoor Arts, are an astonishing array of eye-pleasing artworks.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
The prospective clients were often investment portfolios and trusts holding millions in luxury real estate, private jets and expensive artworks.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Participants will be able to add to the mobile with their own thoughts and artworks.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
Don’t expect anything too sciencey — Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, the duo known as Luftwerk, fashion simple-seeming artworks out of light, color and form, to create beautiful and surprising perceptual effects.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
Over 100 artworks by artists such as François Boucher, Giulio Carpioni, and Jacob Marrel, from the private collection of the Schörghuber family—owners of the castle since 2001—are displayed throughout the hotel.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2025
To fit a few thousand more artworks next to fifty thousand others, certainly.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Historic cutaways of English boarding houses and other artworks of the day served as further source material, though Bader also looked to less straightforward places for inspiration.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2025
On a purely visual level — looking at color, form, texture, materials — Todd Siler’s paintings, currently on display at the Museum of Outdoor Arts, are an astonishing array of eye-pleasing artworks.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
The prospective clients were often investment portfolios and trusts holding millions in luxury real estate, private jets and expensive artworks.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artworks
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The film’s stylized, childlike drawings not only reflect Giuseppe’s highly mutable nature, but also his innocence and naiveté as well.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.—
Jordan Kellogg,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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For the rest of her images, Kardashian modeled the see-through lace dress in various parts of the island paradise, also including some pictures that were just part of the scenery.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Like William Klein’s pictures, Roversi’s incorporate accidents, light flares, blur, even damage.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Artworks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artworks. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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