Old revue adapted to make artistic work (6)
I believe the answer is:
oeuvre
'artistic work' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'old revue adapted' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'adapted' is an anagram indicator.
'revue' is an anagram of 'euvre'.
'o'+'euvre'='OEUVRE'
'to make' is the link.
(Other definitions for oeuvre that I've seen before include "Complete works (Fr.)" , "A lifetime's body of work" , "All one's writings" , "(Artist's) collected work" , "Sum of all works" .)