art scene

Creative community sphere

The art scene in a place is its community of artists, galleries, dealers, critics, and patrons, along with the social world surrounding them.

Brooklyn has a thriving art scene.

She moved to Berlin to be part of the art scene there.

The term can extend to specific movements or periods: the 1960s New York art scene.

Opposites
creative domain

art sceneperforming arts

Live creative presentation disciplines

music scene · theater world · film industry

cultural vs. commercial/industrial

art sceneWall Street

American finance hub

corporate culture · industrial sector · financial sector · manufacturing industry · Silicon Valley

engagement vs. disengagement

art scenephilistinism

Contempt for cultural refinement

pop culture · popular culture · kitsch · mall culture

Family

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