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canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
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Earlier in the evening, the venue staged its regular programme of Muay Thai bouts before staff stripped away the canvas and transformed the ring for Fury's boxing card.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

It’s also mild in flavor, making it an exceptional canvas for seasoning and aromatics.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

His chameleon-like qualities have led some to call Bardella an "incredible blank canvas" upon which RN voters can project their ideal candidate.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Beshir and Kelly have been evolving it during its L.A. run, recently adding a stronger painting component by giving guests their own canvas to work on throughout the evening.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The brush whirls on the canvas, the syllabary elegant and smooth.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The intimacy of life and work are everywhere in the canvases, but Vermeer’s “sea of signs,” as Mr. Graham-Dixon calls it, resists reduction to narrative certainty.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The artist’s long career swept in artworks made not only on cameras and canvases, but on such things as fax machines and photocopiers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Early in 2024, taggers began turning its skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

There have been dozens of painters—albeit fewer and fewer now that the favored mode of contemporary art is no longer painting—who took Hofmann’s canvases and philosophy as veritable instruction manuals.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

Back at the inn, Vincent's friends divide up his canvases.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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