Talking about ART

Someone who selects and presents artworks for exhibitions is...

• a curator

• a collector

• a critic

• a dealer

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Something that seems to be not from this world is...

• alien

• terrestrial

• extraterrestrial

• cool

A very popular exhibition of work by a well-known artist or artists is...

• a blockbuster

• a temporary exhibition

• a permanent collection

• a performance

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An artistic activity that produces objects with no practical function is...

• a useless design

• applied arts

• random stuff

• fine arts

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If there is nothing new, special or interesting about an exhibit, we can say: 

• "What a load of rubbish!"

• "It's bee's knees!"

• "It's extraordinary!"

• "It's money for old rope!"

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If something is weird and/or hard to understand, but not necessarily in a bad way, we say it... 

• is Instagrammable

• left us cold

• is a bit out there

• is amateurish 

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