canvas
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Christie's called Number 7A, 1948, which depicts black drips of paint with touches of red on a huge canvas spanning more than three metres, a key piece of art history.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
A canvas left out in the rain, given legs on the red carpet.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Harley calls it “the ultimate blank canvas for self-expression,” meaning riders will be encouraged to personalize it with parts and accessories, a major profit center for dealers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
This year’s abstract dress code, “Fashion Is Art,” encourages guests to treat the body as a canvas and “to express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Between the dark folds of canvas tents, sacks of grain, and barrels of turpentine, I could see the roving shadows of men.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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