Definition

1. Noun:
   • A collection of art works: An "art collection" refers to an assembled group of artworks, which may be owned by an individual, a family, an institution, or a museum. The collection is typically curated based on a specific theme, period, artist, or type of art.

Usage

• An "art collection" is a singular, countable noun phrase. It describes the entire assembled group, not the individual pieces within it.
• It is often used to describe holdings in museums, private ownership, or corporate settings.
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Examples

• Noun:
  • She spent her life building a valuable art collection.
  • The university decided to donate its art collection to the public gallery.
  • His primary legacy was his extensive art collection, which was auctioned after his death.

Advanced Usage

• "to amass/build an art collection": to gradually gather artworks to form a collection.
  • It took the philanthropist decades to amass his impressive art collection.
• "a permanent art collection": a collection owned by an institution and not intended for sale or temporary display.
  • The museum's permanent art collection is housed on the second floor.

Variants and Related Words

• Collector (n): a person who collects artworks or other items.
  • He is a well-known art collector.
• Curate (v): to select, organize, and care for items in a collection, especially an art collection.
  • Her job is to curate the contemporary art collection.

Synonyms

• Holdings: the artworks owned by an institution or person (often used in formal/administrative contexts).
• Assemblage: a collection or gathering of things, sometimes used for art.

Related Phrases

• "part of an art collection": describing a single artwork's belonging to a larger group.
  • This painting is part of a private art collection and is rarely displayed publicly.
• "to deaccession from an art collection": to formally remove and usually sell an artwork from an institution's collection.
  • The board voted to deaccession several pieces from the art collection to fund new acquisitions.

Noun

1. a collection of art works