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also canvasses
as in paintings
a picture created with oil paint
one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine
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Recent Examples of canvases
Adam Newport-Berra’s cinematography turns a single set into a visually alive space, using the actors’ faces as canvases for a soulful story.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
27 June 2026
Not as France's region of 50-plus grape varieties, but as one of its greatest canvases.
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Emily Cappiello,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Counts from non-provisional ballots cast in-person during early voting and on election day and from jurisdictions’ first mail-in canvasses are complete.
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Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
27 June 2026
Within a 35,000-square-foot footprint are around 130 works, both canvases and mixed media, by Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Salvador Dalí, and Damien Hirst, just to name a few.
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Sarah Turner,
Robb Report,
25 June 2026
Some 16 Picasso canvases have sold for more than $50 million, according to art analytics firm ARTDAI.
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Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
23 June 2026
In the gallery, rich, bright colors burst off the canvases, at once joyful and unsettling.
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Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The look book props were also handmade and prepared by the iRi team, with shapes and palettes pulled directly from Rhee’s canvases.
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Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
In the 50-plus years between the end of WWII and Spielberg's intimate drama painted on the widest of big-screen canvases, no one has captured D-Day with the same harrowing, relentless intensity.
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Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
27 June 2026
Not as France's region of 50-plus grape varieties, but as one of its greatest canvases.
—
Emily Cappiello,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Counts from non-provisional ballots cast in-person during early voting and on election day and from jurisdictions’ first mail-in canvasses are complete.
—
Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
27 June 2026
Within a 35,000-square-foot footprint are around 130 works, both canvases and mixed media, by Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Salvador Dalí, and Damien Hirst, just to name a few.
—
Sarah Turner,
Robb Report,
25 June 2026
Some 16 Picasso canvases have sold for more than $50 million, according to art analytics firm ARTDAI.
—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
23 June 2026
In the gallery, rich, bright colors burst off the canvases, at once joyful and unsettling.
—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The look book props were also handmade and prepared by the iRi team, with shapes and palettes pulled directly from Rhee’s canvases.
—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
In the 50-plus years between the end of WWII and Spielberg's intimate drama painted on the widest of big-screen canvases, no one has captured D-Day with the same harrowing, relentless intensity.
—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canvases
paintings
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Bossoms Mesa, the study's first author, explains how the researchers took the samples while also preserving the paintings.
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Amassed by the late collectors Jacques and Natasha Gelman during the 20th century, the Gelman Collection is particularly rich in works by Frida Kahlo, with 10 paintings by her.
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