art dick

(n.): originally coined by instagram user thiccguy, an art dick is a gender-variant human with a natural proclivity for and grasp of masculine traits who emotes, identifies, understands, grapples, challenges, creates, and engages with the avante garde and/or other aspects of fine art discourse.

jena: bastian has been standing in front of that painting for ten minutes
arden: yeah, he's an art dick.
jena: what about that cis guy?
arden: no, he's just a dick.

by locking cable January 27, 2017

Comfort art

Art made to confort the artist, someone else, or both. It could be described as positive vent art

"Oh, this drawing is just some comfort art."

by AstroIsOffline August 29, 2021

Art Fixers

People (usually on Twitter) who claim to "fix" art to represent minority groups. Usually ignorant to the fact that what they're doing is discrimination in and of itself.

Person 1: That art fixer just accused me of "whitewashing"!
Person 2: Some people I just want to punch.

or

Person 1: *draws fanart of their favorite character*
Art Fixers: "Fixed it for you, next time don't be racist"
Person 1: *Gets urge to run the art fixers over*

by X CAT ULTIMA December 11, 2022

art whore

Someone who paints or creates any artistic work solely to please a Buyer. This term need not be gender specific.

He painted only meaningless Abstracts as such things found ready Buyers. He had become an art whore.

by Shobha Nagendran July 5, 2006

High Art

Double-entendre meaning art that deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is conceived while one is high.

See also: High Culture and High Society.

Last night I got down with some Private Label OG and posted a ton of High Art to Instagram.

by Don Dadda Kayvon October 24, 2014

nail art

the most awesome art form, like ever. small painting so intricate and fun--on tiny little fingernails!!

great artists in instagram and youtube showcase their 'nail art'

source: nail addict,@lilrochhhnails

"her nail art was sick!, better then any other plain old boring manicure"

by lilrochhhnails December 12, 2013

Art Crawl

A community event involving displays / sales of artwork across a community's downtown

Time to take a cultural stroll... it's time for Art Crawl

by America Lover 🇺🇸 December 11, 2018