Ceasing to be home for artist in removal (10)
I believe the answer is:
extinction
'ceasing' is the definition.
(I know that extinction is a type of ceasing)
'home for artist in removal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'home' could be 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in') and 'in' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for extinction that I've seen before include "Dying-out" , "Complete annihilation" , "Process of dying out" , "Death of a species" .)