One praising novel art aloud (8)
I believe the answer is:
adulator
'one praising' is the definition.
(someone giving adulation)
'novel art aloud' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters.
'art'+'aloud'='artaloud'
'artaloud' with letters rearranged gives 'ADULATOR'.
(Other definitions for adulator that I've seen before include "One who praises" , "sycophant" , "Lover" .)