on exhibit
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: being publicly shown in an exhibition
The photographs are on exhibit in the museum's west wing.
The painting went on exhibit last week.
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More than 30,000 animals will be on exhibit during the event, and about 2,000 horses will march through downtown during the annual parade Jan. 17.
Visitors can attend shows for cattle, swine, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys and poultry.
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Brayden Garcia
january 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2026
Three masterpiece paintings by Edgar Degas, Georgia O’Keefe and Alma Thomas have been on exhibit since April.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Dec. 2025
Her works also are on exhibit in La Jolla at Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, 5627 La Jolla Blvd., and Unscripted Spaces, 7730 Girard Ave.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2025
Prior to that nearly two dozen of the pieces will be on exhibit through Dec. 3 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City’s Times Square.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025
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Brayden Garcia
january 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2026
Three masterpiece paintings by Edgar Degas, Georgia O’Keefe and Alma Thomas have been on exhibit since April.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Dec. 2025
Her works also are on exhibit in La Jolla at Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, 5627 La Jolla Blvd., and Unscripted Spaces, 7730 Girard Ave.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2025
Prior to that nearly two dozen of the pieces will be on exhibit through Dec. 3 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City’s Times Square.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025
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“On exhibit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20exhibit. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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