Artspeak
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The specialist vocabulary and language associated with art and artists, especially when seen as complicated or pretentious. derogatory, often, uncountable
"Mr. Quinn[…] was uptown exploring the new $26 million, 40,000 square foot museum addition because he takes students to museums as part of a course he teaches in New York on what to say about paintings—artspeak."
Example
More examples"Mr. Quinn[…] was uptown exploring the new $26 million, 40,000 square foot museum addition because he takes students to museums as part of a course he teaches in New York on what to say about paintings—artspeak."
Etymology
From art + -speak.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.