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Style of painting round most of reception (2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

op art

'style of painting' is the definition.
(optical art is a type of painting)

'round most of reception' is the wordplay.
'round' becomes 'o' (o is a circular letter).
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'reception' becomes 'party' (I've seen this in another clue).
'party' with its last letter taken away is 'part'.
'o'+'part'='OP-ART'

(Other definitions for op art that I've seen before include "Nineteen sixties illusory painting style" , "Illusory abstract style" , "abstract works at Tate Modern?" , "that may give the illusion of movement" , "Style of painting having an illusion of movement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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