Thesaurus results for PAINTINGS

paintings

noun

plural of painting

as in canvases

a picture created with oil paint the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile

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Recent Examples of paintings Creatives love staying at this boutique property, where murals cover the walls, the rooms feature one-of-a-kind paintings and the Musicians in Residence program brings artists like Thievery Corporation, Rufus du Sol and Khruangbin to the hotel. —

Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 June 2026 Founded in 1964 by the city of Miami Beach, the Bass began with the collection of John Bass, president of Puerto Rico’s Fajardo Sugar Company, and his wife Johanna, some 500 works spanning Old Master paintings, textiles, and sculptures. —

Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 4 June 2026 The reception was a big success with more than 95 guests viewing 72 paintings that were displayed on two floors of the center, said NCSFA spokesperson Ahna Street. —

Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026 In the late 1960s and early ’70s, for example, Nilsson completed a series of silver ink drawings on black paper that nod to Indigenous Australian bark paintings. —

Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Reams of precious antiques, carpets, and paintings are the result of years spent trawling through markets, auction houses, and private homes. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 Things have gotten so bad that Hynde no longer attends public art exhibitions because people hold up phones to the paintings. —

Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026 The exhibition will feature paintings, photographs and mixed-media works by 11 artists from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex whose work explores themes of community. —

Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026 The paintings that were not purchased during the show will soon be available for purchase online through the organization’s website. —

Sofia Baltodano may 28, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026

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Recently, though, those humble paddles have become more akin to canvases.

— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 May 2026
Brush in hand, she is dwarfed by huge canvases within the paintings on which bare-breasted figures are in the process of emerging—a waiflike handmaiden hard at work at the feet of her American Helens of Troy.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026