Artist gets left in rooms (5)
I believe the answer is:
halls
'rooms' is the definition.
(hall is a kind of room)
'artist gets left' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'hals' (I've seen this before).
'gets' is an insertion indicator (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'hals' placed around 'l' is 'HALLS'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for halls that I've seen before include "'I dreamt I dwelt in marble . . . . .' (song)" , "Lobbies" , "Entrance passages" , "''I dreamt I dwelt in marble ...'' (The Bohemian Girl)" .)