oportunidad para dar cuenta de las características de una producción

20:09 Jan 4, 2012 

Is definitely standard usage in NYC and LA, for example. I'm not saying "exhibit" isn't used, just that I don't see it in US gallery websites, which I visit on a regular basis to check details.

In contemporary art, at least, artists and curators very often talk about "shows".

20:05 Jan 4, 2012 

You're welcome!
I've been living in New Orleans for four years, but I despair of ever learning all the differences between our two languages. I was talking to a British visitor the other night, and he told me he drives trains. But if he tells Americans he's a train driver, they have no idea what he's talking about. He's a locomotive engineer.

19:44 Jan 4, 2012 

So true, I did use it without thinking. The curator that I talked to has had experience previously working in an art museum in the Northeast, in the New England area. He was surprised when I told him about this distinction between UK and US English. I think it's fantastic that we have this opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues from all over the world. Thank you for your comments Phil and Lisa.

19:39 Jan 4, 2012 

Well, that's interesting. This is one of my specialist subjects, and I keep seeing (and hearing) "exhibit" used in the States where I (as a Brit living in the South) would use "exhibition". In fact you used it yourself in your question!

18:32 Jan 4, 2012 

I just asked my client, an art museum curator in the US, about "exhibit" and "exhibition". He said he always uses "exhibition". Phil, who told you that in the US they prefer "exhibit"? Maybe it's a regional thing. I live the in the Southwest.

17:55 Jan 4, 2012 

Noun:
An object or collection of objects on public display in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

Synonyms:
verb. display - show - expose - demonstrate - present
noun. display - exhibition - show - exposition

17:54 Jan 4, 2012 

I thought 'exhibit' was only used for a single item - an exhibit in a museum, one single piece as opposed to a collection of items.

17:43 Jan 4, 2012 

In my rush to post the question, I did not provide enough context. Here is the whole paragraph:
Esta muestra es una oportunidad para dar cuenta de las características de una producción, ciertamente poco conocida, dentro del arte mexicano del siglo XX. El cultivo del dibujo tuvo una especial preponderancia en el marco de la conformación de una política cultural y educativa posrevolucionaria: insignes artistas fueron convocados por José Vasconcelos –impulsor del proyecto de creación y fundador de la Secretaría de Educación Pública en 1921- para hacerse cargo de la enseñanza de este arte, que conformó el programa de reelaboración de los códigos identitarios de la nueva nación, formulados a partir de un ideario que tomó como origen la vocación artística connatural al mexicano, herencia que resultaba de las elevadas cotas que alcanzó el arte precolombino y que vino a hacer eclosión con el trabajo insigne de los muralistas.

17:38 Jan 4, 2012 

Please provide full context with each question. It's extra work for us to go and look at another question you've asked.
Note to UK readers: We say exhibition, Americans say exhibit. I only discovered this recently.

15:13 Jan 4, 2012 

The whole first paragraph is copied in the question I asked after this one. That provides much more context. They are not referring to only one artist. Thank you for helping!

14:41 Jan 4, 2012 

Are they referring to an artist's works, one work in particular, or an art form?