Paintings by men put in suitable studio, maybe (9)
I believe the answer is:
apartment
'studio maybe' is the definition.
(studio is a type of apartment)
'paintings by men put in suitable' is the wordplay.
'paintings' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'suitable' becomes 'apt' (I've seen this before).
'art'+'men'='artmen'
'artmen' put inside 'apt' is 'APARTMENT'.
(Other definitions for apartment that I've seen before include "Flat (mainly US)" , "pad" , "quarters" , "property" , "Suite of rooms to live in" .)