Exhibition Museum Attendance Figures 2009

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n Paris, London and

Moscow young museums
have toppled long-estab-
lished ones from the top
of the exhibition tree in
each respective city. But
globally Japans museums
remain in a league of their own
when it comes to organising
blockbuster exhibitions. In The
Art Newspapers 15th annual
survey of attendance figures
three Tokyo museums and
one in Nara, 300 miles south
west of the capital, fill the top
four places.
As in 2008, the average visi-
tor-per-day statistics from Japan
are staggering. When the Tokyo
National Museum displayed
Ashura, one of the nations most
famous Buddhist statues, along
with other treasures from the
Kohfukuji temple, Nara, on
average 15,960 people a day
went to see them. In Nara itself,
the capital of Japan in the eighth
century, almost the same num-
ber of people went daily to see
Shoso-in treasures, which
included objects belonging to
Emperor Shomu (701-756), at
the Nara National Museum.
When the Tokyo National
Museum borrowed treasures
from the Imperial Collection to
mark the 20th anniversary of the
coronation of Emperor Akihito,
it attracted a mere 9,473
visitors a day.
The huge crowds flocking to
see Japans spiritual treasures has
a spiritual as well as artistic
dimensionwith some people
praying in front of the objects in
the museums. This phenomenon
was the subject of a symposiumat
the Tokyo National Museum last
month. Greg Irvine, the senior
curator in the Japanese depart-
ment of the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, who attended
the symposium and the Ashura
exhibition, says the popularity of
such shows is increasing, and it
mirrors the popularity of open
days in the temples. The negoti-
ations involved in getting [such
treasures] to the museum are end-
less, he says.
European old master paintings
remain a big draw in Japan. The
National Museum of Western
Art, Tokyo, borrowed paintings
from the Louvre, including work
by Rembrandt, Poussin and
Velzquez, to celebrate its 50th
anniversary. The show attracted
more than 850,000 visitors.
There is a museum new to the
blockbuster list in fifth place:
the Muse Quai Branly in Paris.
The ethnographic museum
attracted an average of 7,868
visitors a day to the second edi-
tion of its Photoquai Biennale, a
celebration of international pho-
tography, just ahead of Picasso
and the Masters at the Grand
Palais. Athird show in Paris, the
Pompidous Kandinsky,
proved almost as popular, which
put the venue in seventh place, a
rise of 30 places on its
Giacometti show in 2008.
In terms of strength in depth
from one institution, New Yorks
Museum of Modern Art
(MoMA) is unrivalled. In 2009
its exhibitions provided seven of
the top 16 shows. Joan Mir
attracted 6,299 visitors a day,
and Pipilotti Rists Pour Your
Body Out (7345 Cubic Meters),
a sensuous multi-media
makeover of its otherwise chilly
atrium, attracted almost the same
number of visitors. Van Gogh
and the Colours of the Night
attracted more than 436,000 vis-
itors in total, but when the aver-
age visitor per day is calculated,
the show comes after James
Ensor, Ron Arad, Martin
Kippenberger and Marlene
Dumas exhibitions. This may be
reflection of the effectiveness of
MoMAs timed-entry ticketing
for Van Gogh, however. Staying
in the US, the Metropolitan
Museum of Arts Vermeers
Masterpiece The Milkmaid, the
latter on loan from the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, came
next after MoMAs best seven.
In recent years, the Royal
Academy of Arts, the British
Museum, Tate and the National
Gallery have staged Londons
crowd-pulling exhibitions. But in
2009, as in Paris, a newkid on the
block jumped to pole position.
The gallery of collector Charles
Saatchi, rehoused in the former
Duke of Yorks barracks, has
shifted the centre of gravity west-
ward in London to fashionable
Chelsea. The new gallerys open-
ing exhibition, The Revolution
Continues: NewArt from China,
and its follow-up, Unveiled:
New Art from the Middle East,
put it in first and third spot in the
UK list. Tate Moderns Rothko
exhibition, albeit a charging show
whereas the Saatchi Gallerys are
free, came eighth in the UK list-
ings. The
National
Ga l l e r y s
Corot to
Monet show
was ninth.
In second
place in the
UK is a muse-
um never
before ranked in
our survey.
Bristols munici-
pal museum and art gallery
was remixed by its local
street artist made good:
Banksy. Nearly 4,000 peo-
ple a day turned out to see
the results, trumping the
London-based nationals.
In Melbourne, Australia,
as in Bristol in the west of
England, people who do
not ordinarily go to muse-
ums were tempted by
Salvador Dal at the National
Gallery of Victoria. The
Spanish surrealist
drew 332,000 people,
just short of the art museums
record set in 2004 with an
impressionist show. Joaqun
Sorolla does not rank among the
giants of Spanish art, and yet an
exhibition of his narrative paint-
ings and portraits of the late 19th
and early 20th century broke a
ten-year-old attendance record at
the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
In Moscow, the new Garage
Centre for Contemporary Art
was the most visited venue in
the Russian capital, attracting
three times the number of
visitors per day to the Moscow
Biennial than the Tretyakov did
with a thematic exhibition of
flowers in Russian art.
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l a r g e -
s c a l e
exhibitions
can take
several years
to prepare, the
effects of the
f i n a n c i a l
recessionand
the scarcity of
business spon-
sorship to mount
themwill begin to
become apparent in next
years list. The silver lining
for many museums during
a tough 2009 funding wise
has been that total atten-
dance figures have gener-
ally held firm or dipped
only slightly. Javier Pes
Figures compiled by
Emily Sharpe and Helen
Stoilas with Rob Curran,
Megan Empey,
Alessandra Franzi,
James Hobbs and
Josephine Von
Perfal
Japans love of exhibitions proves recession-proof
Change at the top of the European blockbuster tree in Paris, London and Moscow, but business as usual in New York
15,960 946,172 Ashura and Masterpieces from Kohfukuji Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 31 Mar-7 Jun
14,965 299,294 61st Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures Nara National Museum Nara 24 Oct-2 Nov
9,473 447,944 Treasures of the Imperial Collections Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 6 Oct-29 Nov
9,267 851,256 17th-century Painting from the Louvre National Museum of Western Art Tokyo 28 Feb-14 Jun
7,868 419,256 2nd Photoquai Biennale Muse Quai Branly Paris 22 Sep-22 Nov
7,270 783,352 Picasso and the Masters Grand Palais Paris 8 Oct 08-2 Feb
6,553 703,000 Kandinsky Centre Pompidou Paris 8 Apr-10 Aug
6,299 377,068 Joan Mir: Painting and Anti-Painting Museum of Modern Art New York 2 Nov 08-12 Jan
6,186 391,476 Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out Museum of Modern Art New York 19 Nov 08-2 Feb
5,609 390,219 Treasures of the Habsburg Monarchy National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 25 Sep-14 Dec
5,137 379,408 James Ensor Museum of Modern Art New York 28 Jun-21 Sep
5,128 347,995 Ron Arad: No Discipline Museum of Modern Art New York 2 Aug-19 Oct
4,945 305,894 Martin Kippenberger: Problem Perspective Museum of Modern Art New York 1 Mar-11 May
4,939 51,505 12th Japan Media Arts Festival National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 4 Feb-5 Feb
4,864 266,821 Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave Museum of Modern Art New York 14 Dec 08-16 Feb
4,856 436,343 Van Gogh and the Colours of the Night Museum of Modern Art New York 21 Sep 08-5 Jan
4,820 459,267 Joaqun Sorolla Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid 26 May-13 Sep
4,735 329,446 Vermeers Masterpiece The Milkmaid Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 10 Sep-29 Nov
4,735 317,233 Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from Kabul Museum of Fine Arts Houston 1 Mar-17 May
4,717 408,990 Frank Lloyd Wright: from Within Outward Guggenheim Museum New York 15 May-23 Aug
4,688 474,821 Warhols Wide World Grand Palais Paris 18 Mar-13 Jul
4,533 323,132 Aernout Mik Museum of Modern Art New York 6 May-27 Jul
4,486 450,521 Picasso-Manet Muse dOrsay Paris 8 Oct 08-1 Feb
4,416 473,800 Alexander Calder Centre Pompidou Paris 18 Mar-20 Jul
4,303 151,833 Masterpieces of Zen Culture from Myoshinji Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 20 Jan-1 Mar
4,178 448,208 Egypt: the Great Civilisation National Museum of Korea Seoul 28 Apr-30 Aug
4,150 256,714 Into the Sunset Museum of Modern Art New York 29 Mar-8 Jun
4,139 405,612 The Revolution Continues Saatchi Gallery London 9 Oct 08-18 Jan
3,927 129,583 Six Billion Others Grand Palais Nave Paris 10 Jan-12 Feb
3,859 308,719 Banksy vs Bristol Museum City Museum and Art Gallery Bristol 13 Jun-31 Aug
Daily Total Exhibition Venue City Dates
Tokyos top draw: Ashura statue and other national treasures from the Kohfukuji temple, Nara
CONTINUED PP24-29
All figures were calculated
automatically by our database,
which computes the number of
days an exhibition was open using
the following formula: total number
of days between start date and end
date, divided by seven, multiplied
by the number of days per week
the institution is open, minus excep-
tional closures. As this formula
always produces an imperfect num-
ber (a division of seven) all figures
are out by a potential margin of 2%.
As the same margin applies uni-
formly to all averages given, the list
represents a fair comparison, how-
ever. All data used was supplied by
the institutions concerned. Many
institutions have one ticket for the
entire museum and cannot provide
individual attendance for temporary
exhibitions. Some institutions offer a
number of exhibitions for a single
ticket: these are shown as one
entry. Institutions with more than
one building were asked to provide
separate total museum attendance
figures for each venue. These
venues are marked with an asterisk
(*). Institutions that could not pro-
vide separate figures were exclud-
ed from this portion of the survey.
Methodology
Exhibition and museum attendance figures 2009
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THE TOP 30 EXHIBITIONS
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3,859 261,869 In & Out of Amsterdam Museum of Modern Art New York 19 Jul-5 Oct
3,854 241,683 The Studio Sessions SFMoMA San Francisco 3 Jul-13 Sep
3,828 363,702 Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East Saatchi Gallery London 30 Jan-9 May
3,762 189,717 In Praise of Shadows Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 5 Nov 08-4 Jan
3,743 221,892 Children in the Louvre Collection National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 25 Mar-1 Jun
3,729 284,444 Paul Gauguin National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo 3 Jul-23 Sep
3,660 483,156 Juan Muoz Reina Sofa Madrid 21 Apr-31 Aug
3,621 298,459 The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 6 May-9 Aug
3,604 277,473 Anish Kapoor Royal Academy of Arts London 26 Sep-11 Dec
3,592 230,914 Theanyspacewhatever Guggenheim Museum New York 24 Oct 08-7 Jan
3,564 210,304 Avant-gardes 20-60 Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam 26 Jun-23 Aug
3,536 306,661 Georgia OKeeffe and Ansel Adams SFMoMA San Francisco 30 May-7 Sep
3,488 123,065 Kayama Matazo Retrospective 1927-2004 National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 21 Jan-2 Mar
3,438 332,520 Salvador Dal: Liquid Desire National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne 12 Jun-4 Oct
3,349 207,636 Return to Manhattan Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1 Apr-1 Jun
3,345 229,837 The Third Mind Guggenheim Museum New York 30 Jan-19 Apr
3,315 332,872 Mystery and Brilliance Muse dOrsay Paris 8 Oct 08-1 Feb
3,313 284,453 Looking In: Robert Franks The Americans SFMoMA San Francisco 16 May-23 Aug
3,295 251,859 Francis Bacon: a Centenary Retrospective Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 20 May-16 Aug
3,292 560,518 Cai Guo-Qiang Guggenheim Bilbao 17 Mar-20 Sep
3,270 202,276 Len Ferrari & Mira Schendel Museum of Modern Art New York 5 Apr-15 Jun
3,239 289,230 Murakami Guggenheim Bilbao 17 Feb-31 May
3,238 205,362 Artists Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus Museum of Modern Art New York 11 Dec 08-23 Feb
3,226 100,000 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art Garage Centre Moscow 25 Sep-25 Oct
3,141 298,420 BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery London 18 Jun-20 Sep
3,121 387,000 Pollock Pinacothque Paris 15 Oct 08-15 Feb
3,104 403,469 The First Emperor: Chinas Terracotta Army High Museum of Art Atlanta 16 Nov 08-19 Apr
3,099 303,741 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Serpentine Gallery London 11 Jul-16 Oct
3,090 256,508 Our Guest: Vermeer Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 11 Mar-1 Jun
3,074 116,363 Great Treasures of Court Culture Kyoto National Museum Kyoto 10 Jan-22 Feb
3,056 262,800 Accommodating Nature: Frank Gohlke Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington 5 Dec 08-3 Mar
3,038 107,203 100th Anniversary of Korean Museums National Museum of Korea Seoul 29 Sep-8 Nov
3,002 213,987 Pierre Bonnard: the Late Interiors Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 27 Jan-19 Apr
2,991 274,750 Not New Work: Vincent Fecteau Selects SFMoMA San Francisco 25 Jul-8 Nov
2,969 442,436 Cy Twombly: the Natural World Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 16 May-11 Oct
2,961 257,600 Jean Shin: Common Threads Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington 1 May-26 Jul
2,948 356,310 Richard Avedon SFMoMA San Francisco 11 Jul-29 Nov
2,938 314,363 125 Favourites Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam 3 Oct 08-18 Jan
2,925 664,000 Tutankhamun Dallas Museum of Art Dallas 3 Oct 08-17 May
2,882 185,252 Francis Bacon Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid 3 Feb-19 Apr
2,877 368,283 Tsars and the East Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington 9 May-13 Sep
2,876 529,154 The Tale of Shuten Doji Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington 21 Mar-20 Sep
2,835 323,139 Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba/Fiona Tan Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington 14 Mar-5 Jul
2,795 318,653 Shahzia Sikander/Sun Xun Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington 18 Jul-8 Nov
2,793 460,000 Harry Burton and the Tomb of Tutankhamun Michael C. Carlos Museum Atlanta 15 Nov 08-25 May
2,769 223,521 Sensate: Bodies and Design SFMoMA San Francisco 7 Aug-8 Nov
2,760 273,236 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize National Portrait Gallery London 6 Nov 08-15 Feb
2,754 255,322 All the Histories of Art Guggenheim Bilbao 3 Oct 08-18 Jan
2,727 332,679 A Day in Pompeii Melbourne Museum Melbourne 26 Jun-25 Oct
2,700 150,806 Gauguin Nagoya/Boston Museum Nagoya 18 Apr-21 Jun
2,699 220,137 Czanne and Beyond Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 26 Feb-31 May
2,697 323,645 Contemporary Photography Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 16 May-13 Sep
2,651 270,000 The Treasure of Ulysses Davis High Museum of Art Atlanta 6 Dec 08-5 Apr
2,647 195,477 The Roman Empire National Museum of Western Art Tokyo 19 Sep-13 Dec
DECORATIVE ARTS TOP TEN
The spirit of Diana Vreeland, who put the Metropolitan Museum of Arts
costume collection on the blockbuster map, lives on. The New York muse-
um's fashion exhibition The Model as Muse tops the 2009 decorative arts
list, even though it attracted 2,000 visitors per day fewer than the Met's
2008 costume extravaganza, Superheroes. The commitment of the Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco to the decorative arts paid dividends with
two shows in the top ten. Yves Saint Laurent (fourth) and a triple whammy
of Faberg, Tiffany and Lalique at its Legion of Honor museum (ninth)
collectively drew 3,000 visitors a day. Ornate artefacts, including a helmet
from the 16th-century (left), at the Freer and Sackler Gallerys Tsars and
the East lured over 368,000 visitors to the Washington, DC, museum. J.P.
3,621 298,459 The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 6 May-9 Aug
2,877 368,283 Tsars and the East Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington 9 May-13 Sep
2,107 117,710 Story of ...: Memories of Cartier Creations Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 28 Mar-31 May
1,996 261,214 Yves Saint Laurent De Young Museum San Francisco1 Nov 08-5 Apr
1,853 120,990 Ren Lalique: a Retrospective National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 24 Jun-7 Sep
1,735 119,199 Louis Vuitton: a Passion for Creation Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 22 May-9 Aug
1,561 111,249 Calder Jewellery Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 9 Dec 08-1 Mar
1,391 114,468 Taking Shape Getty Center Los Angeles 31 Mar-5 Jul
1,170 114,481 Artistic Luxury: Faberg, Tiffany, Lalique Legion of Honor San Francisco 7 Feb-31 May
1,074 50,801 Underglaze Blue Porcelain Ware in Asia Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 14 Jul-6 Sep
8,500,000 Louvre Paris
5,569,981 British Museum London
4,891,450 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
4,780,030 National Gallery London
4,747,537 Tate Modern London
4,605,606 National Gallery of Art Washington
3,530,000 Centre Pompidou Paris
3,022,012 Muse dOrsay Paris
2,763,094 Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid
2,730,204 National Museum of Korea Seoul
2,672,761 Museum of Modern Art New York
2,574,804 Taiwan Palace Museum Taiwan
2,426,203 State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg
2,273,634 Tokyo National Museum Tokyo
2,269,900 Victoria and Albert Museum London
2,087,415 Reina Sofa Madrid
1,961,843 National Portrait Gallery London
1,846,889 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago
1,840,812 De Young Museum San Francisco
1,572,171 Moscow Kremlin Museum Moscow
1,530,318 Galleria degli Uffizi Florence
1,513,249 National Museum of Western Art Tokyo
1,501,837 Tate Britain London
1,500,000 Mori Art Museum Tokyo
1,496,438 Muse Quai Branly Paris
1,451,139 Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam
1,368,096 Kelvingrove Art Gallery Glasgow
1,312,762 Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney
1,300,000 Childrens Museum Indianapolis
1,283,401 State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow
1,274,774 Museum of Fine Arts Houston
1,267,784 Royal Academy of Arts London
1,263,111 Guggenheim Museum New York
1,260,840 Saatchi Gallery London
1,216,799 Palazzo Ducale Venice
1,186,493 National Portrait Gallery Washington
1,153,903 *Getty Museum (Getty Center) Los Angeles
1,140,959 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
1,130,136 Galleria dellAccademia Florence
1,093,000 Pergamonmuseum Berlin
1,061,106 Museo Picasso Barcelona
1,002,300 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington
994,307 National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo
972,000 Pinacothque Paris
968,649 Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington
926,545 Museum of Fine Arts Boston
907,000 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas
905,048 Guggenheim Bilbao
900,000 National Art Museum of China Beijing
894,161 National Gallery Complex Edinburgh
864,252 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
833,893 Imperial War Museum London
822,537 *NGV International Melbourne
822,174 Palazzo Reale Milan
812,479 Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia
804,282 Museo Castel SantAngelo Rome
801,890 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid
800,000 National Portrait Gallery Canberra
782,469 National Gallery of Ireland Dublin
768,886 *Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Melbourne
766,000 Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto
752,588 Galerie Belvedere Vienna
734,353 Serpentine Gallery London
733,623 Institut Valncia dArt Modern Valncia
707,391 Muse dArt Moderne de la Ville Paris
703,520 SFMoMA San Francisco
695,545 LACMA Los Angeles
686,176 MACBA Barcelona
679,333 Muses Royaux des Beaux-Arts Brussels
668,125 Hirshhorn Museum Washington
641,625 Museo Centrale del Risorgimento Rome
640,320 Palazzo Pitti Florence
635,042 Nara National Museum Nara
630,000 Hermitage Amsterdam Amsterdam
625,000 Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon
624,936 Albertina Vienna
610,371 Walker Art Center Minneapolis
600,833 Moderna Museet Stockholm
565,088 Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Bonn
564,504 City Museum and Art Gallery Bristol
558,471 Reggia di Caserta Caserta
552,445 *Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane
549,154 National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo
547,935 Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney
545,256 National Gallery of Australia Canberra
541,638 Tate Liverpool Liverpool
540,035 Muse National des Beaux-arts Montreal
536,916 Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow
535,000 High Museum of Art Atlanta
531,000 Altes Museum Berlin
528,781 Musei Capitolini Rome
526,115 Museum of Modern Art Moscow
525,617 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis
523,000 Museo Nazionale del Cinema Turin
521,335 Museo Egizio Turin
513,775 Galleria Borghese Rome
504,488 Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids
504,100 Museo di San Marco Venice
501,837 Triennale di Milano Milan
487,359 Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
480,468 National Museum Krakow Krakow
480,121 *Queensland GoMA Brisbane
475,045 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek
468,963 Museum of Transport Glasgow
455,373 Israel Museum Jerusalem
455,000 Gemeentemuseum The Hague
450,000 National Archaeological Museum Athens
440,711 Muse Magritte Brussels
438,500 Istanbul Modern Istanbul
433,584 Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide
421,282 National Gallery Oslo
409,585 Saint Louis Art Museum St Louis
408,469 Manchester Art Gallery Manchester
403,758 Fundaao Serralves Porto
400,000 Muse Maillol Paris
388,063 Palazzo Vecchio Florence
387,213 Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin
383,893 Nationalmuseum Stockholm
380,000 Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels
380,000 Museo Nazionale della Scienza Milan
378,254 Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis
377,645 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit
366,755 Galleria Palatina Florence
364,269 Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
357,625 Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg
357,069 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
348,445 Whitechapel Gallery London
347,183 Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice
343,000 Kulturforum Berlin
339,612 Legion of Honor San Francisco
337,044 Pinacoteca di Brera Milan
336,142 Kyoto National Museum Kyoto
333,937 Gallerie dellAccademia Venice
332,200 Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong
331,889 Castello Sforzesco Milan
330,572 Tesoro di San Pietro Vatican City
328,773 Stadel Museum Frankfurt
326,000 Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin
325,759 Fondation Beyeler Basel
322,152 Whitney Museum New York
318,000 Seattle Art Museum Seattle
314,292 Asian Art Museum
THE EXHIBITIONS
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TOTAL ART MUSEUM NUMBERS
THEMATIC TOP TEN
Formerly called survey, this category features shows that span time
periods and/or categories but fall under one theme. Royal treasures
once again reign supreme with a display in Tokyo of paintings and
decorative objects created under the patronage of the Habsburgs
coming top. Drawn from the collection of Viennas Kunsthistorisches
Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, the exhibition
contained masterpieces by Drer, Velzquez, El Greco and Titian. Also
popular were exhibitions focusing on shadows in art, one staged in
Dublin and the other in Madrid (left, Andy Warhol, The Shadow, 1981),
ranking third and eighth respectively. Two exhibitions of works on loan
from the Louvre's collection also make the top ten. E.S.
5,609 390,219 Treasures of the Habsburg Monarchy National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 25 Sep-14 Dec
3,859 261,869 In & Out of Amsterdam Museum of Modern Art New York 19 Jul-5 Oct
3,762 189,717 In Praise of Shadows Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 5 Nov 08-4 Jan
3,743 221,892 Children in the Louvre Collection National Art Center Tokyo 25 Mar-1 Jun
3,349 207,636 Return to Manhattan Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1 Apr-1 Jun
3,345 229,837 The Third Mind Guggenheim Museum New York 30 Jan-19 Apr
2,754 255,322 All the Histories of Art Guggenheim Bilbao 3 Oct 08-18 Jan
2,388 196,485 Shadows Thyssen-Bornemisza/Fundacin Caja Madrid 10 Feb-17 May
1,990 175,655 The Jazz Century Muse Quai Branly Paris 17 Mar-28 Jun
1,953 545,000 Louvre Atlanta High Museum of Art Atlanta 12 Oct 08-6 Sep
CONTEMPORARY TOP TEN
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, regained its
contemporary top spot in 2009. The Grand Palais Nave, Paris,
displaced it in 2008 with Images in the Night. Pipilotti Rist's atrium
installation (left, still, 2008), Marlene Dumas and Aernout Mik exhibi-
tions, and a Martin Kippenberger survey provided four of the top five
shows at MoMA. Tokyo's National Art Center's media arts festival
and the new Saatchi Gallery, London, filled the third and sixth spots.
The street artist Banksy propelled Bristol City Museum and Art
Gallery into eighth. The Studio Sessions at the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, a new media-based show about the machi-
nations of the art world, provided an unexpected ninth place. J.P.
6,186 391,476 Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out Museum of Modern Art New York 19 Nov 08-2 Feb
4,945 305,894 Martin Kippenberger: Problem Perspective Museum of Modern Art New York 1 Mar-11 May
4,939 51,505 12th Japan Media Arts Festival National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 4-15 Feb
4,864 266,821 Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave Museum of Modern Art New York 14 Dec 08-16 Feb
4,533 323,132 Aernout Mik Museum of Modern Art New York 6 May-27 Jul
4,139 405,612 The Revolution Continues Saatchi Gallery London 9 Oct 08-18 Jan
3,927 129,583 Six Billion Others Grand Palais Nave Paris 10 Jan-12 Feb
3,859 308,719 Banksy vs Bristol Museum City Museum and Art Gallery Bristol 13 Jun-1 Aug
3,854 241,683 The Studio Sessions SFMoMA San Francisco 3 Jul-13 Sep
3,828 363,702 Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East Saatchi Gallery London 30 Jan-9 May
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At the top of the annual museum attendance list for 2009, the worlds great encyclopaedic
museums, the Louvre, British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, stand proud as in
previous years. Institutions that have unveiled new wings include the Museo del Prado and the Art
Institute of Chicago: the Prados, which opened in April 2007, increased visitors comfort and
convenience more than numbers last year, accommodating an extra 4,100 people. But the
Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, which opened its doors in May last year, helped
boost the art museums attendance by almost 450,000. The Reina Sofa in Madrid also did well,
breaking the two million mark last year. J.P.
Institutions with more than one building such as the National Gallery of Victoria were asked to provide separate total museum attendance figures for
each venue. These venues are marked above with an asterisk (*).
San Francisco
IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN TOP TEN
COMBINED TICKET TOP TEN
Jeff Koonss inflatable Lobster (left) was one of many sculptures by the
US artist to adorn the Chteau de Versailles over a four-month period
ending in January 2009. They helped draw one million people to the
palace outside Paris during the winter months. Dominique Gonzalez-
Foersters installation in the Tate Modern tops this category, however.
Admission to the combined-ticket section includes entrance to other
attractions, such a the grounds of Versailles, which distorts the exhibition
attendance. Likewise, tickets to the Mori Art Museum also allow access
to its popular observation platform overlooking Tokyo. Tickets to enter
the Hermitage and some Italian museums allow entry to the special
exhibitions as well, which the museums do not count separately. E.S.
12,727 2,278,054 Unilever Series: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Tate Modern London 14 Oct 08-13 Apr
10,160 1,000,000 Jeff Koons Chteau de Versailles Versailles 10 Sep 08-4 Jan
7,426 749,991 Living Marbles: Gian Lorenzo Bernini Museo Nazionale del Bargello Florence 3 Apr-12 Jul
5,673 560,000 The Perfect Victory: the Battle of Poltava State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg 29 May-20 Sep
5,572 550,000 Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg 7 Aug-29 Nov
5,232 888,644 Splendour and Reason Galleria degli Uffizi Florence 30 May-13 Dec
4,618 531,054 Van Gogh and the Colours of the Night Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam 13 Feb-7 Jun
4,321 462,347 Ai Weiwei: According to What Mori Art Museum Tokyo 25 Jul-8 Nov
4,140 320,000 Portraiture from the Egyptian Museum, Berlin State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg 23 Jun-20 Sep
3,047 283,350 Kaleidoscopic Eye Mori Art Museum Tokyo 4 Apr-5 Jul
ANTIQUITIES TOP TEN
The travelling exhibition of ancient treasures from the National Museum in
Kabul takes the top and tenth spot in this category, with the Houston pre-
sentation bringing in more than double the number of visitors of the New
York leg of the tour (left, Head from a clay temple statue, 2nd century BC).
The show is organised by National Geographic, which is also responsible
for the King Tutankhamun exhibitions; two variations of these boy-king
themed displays come in third and ninth. The rest of the top ten includes
shows devoted to ancient Egypt and Rome. Similar to last year, pre-
Columbian shows are noticeably absent, but as 2010 marks the bicentenni-
al of Mexicos independence from Spain, pre-Columbian exhibitions are
aplenty in 2010 and should rank high in next years survey. E.S.
4,735 317,233 Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from Kabul Museum of Fine Arts Houston 1 Mar-17 May
4,178 448,208 Egypt: the Great Civilisation National Museum of Korea Seoul 28 Apr-30 Aug
2,925 664,000 Tutankhamun Museum of Art Dallas 3 Oct 08-17 May
2,727 332,679 A Day in Pompeii Melbourne Museum Melbourne 26 Jun-25 Oct
2,647 195,477 The Roman Empire National Museum of Western Art Tokyo 19 Sep-13 Dec
2,526 249,023 The Gates of Heaven Louvre Paris 6 Mar-29 Jun
2,301 351,987 Pompeii and the Roman Villa National Gallery of Art Washington19 Oct 08-22 Mar
2,222 221,268 Egypt: Sunken Treasures Reggia di Venaria Reale Venaria 7 Feb-2 Jun
2,083 400,000 Tutankhamun: the Golden King Atlanta Civic Center Atlanta 15 Nov 08-25 May
1,987 153,596 Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from Kabul Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 23 Jun-20 Sep
2,597 327,244 Rothko Tate Modern London 26 Sep 08-1 Feb
2,583 547,138 Paul Klee: Social Creatures SFMoMA San Francisco 7 Mar-8 Nov
2,583 225,443 Matisse 1914-45 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid 9 Jun-20 Sep
2,569 106,081 The Treasures of Myoshin-ji Temple Kyoto National Museum Kyoto 24 Mar-10 May
2,568 200,692 Art and Love in Renaissance Italy Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 18 Nov 08-16 Feb
2,526 249,023 The Gates of Heaven Louvre Paris 6 Mar-29 Jun
2,484 460,297 Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 28 Apr-29 Nov
2,446 183,433 Corot to Monet National Gallery London 8 Jul-20 Sep
2,432 173,351 Rodin Muse dOrsay Paris 10 Mar-31 May
2,428 114,796 Ise Jingu and Treasures of Shinto Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 14 Jul-6 Sep
2,422 187,213 Fra Angelico: the Dawn of the Renaissance Musei Capitolini Rome 7 Apr-5 Jul
2,395 223,391 Cy Twombly Guggenheim Bilbao 28 Oct 08-15 Feb
2,388 196,485 Shadows Thyssen-Bornemisza/Fundacin Caja Madrid 10 Feb-17 May
2,324 188,280 Louise Bourgeois Hirshhorn Museum Washington 26 Feb-17 May
2,301 351,987 Pompeii and the Roman Villa National Gallery of Art Washington 19 Oct 08-22 Mar
2,300 342,726 Byzantium 330-1453 Royal Academy of Arts London 25 Oct 08-22 Mar
2,298 314,847 Directions: Walead Beshty Hirshhorn Museum Washington 30 Apr-13 Sep
2,278 148,695 A Week of Kindness: the Collages Max Ernst Muse dOrsay Paris 30 Jun-13 Sep
2,278 88,187 Nichiren and the Treasures of the Lotus SectKyoto National Museum Kyoto 10 Oct 09-23 Nov
2,244 455,632 Black Box: Guido van der Werve Hirshhorn Museum Washington 20 Apr-8 Nov
2,227 160,685 Michelangelos First Painting Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 16 Jun-7 Sep
2,223 375,702 53rd Venice Biennale Giardeni e Arsenale Venice 7 Jun-22 Nov
2,222 221,268 Egypt: Sunken Treasures Reggia di Venaria Reale Venaria 7 Feb-2 Jun
2,212 227,831 Picasso Prints: Challenging the Past National Gallery London 25 Feb-7 Jun
2,197 70,000 National Treasures of Mii-dera Temple Suntory Museum of Art Tokyo 7 Feb-15 Mar
2,193 205,210 New Work: Ranjani Shettar SFMoMA San Francisco 21 Mar-7 Jul
2,188 152,239 Imagine: the Peace Ballad of John & Yoko Museum of Fine Arts Montreal 2 Apr-21 Jun
2,188 188,193 Lida Abdul/Dinh Q L Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington 6 Dec 08-1 Mar
2,170 212,325 Van Gogh Museo di Santa Giulia Brescia 18 Oct 08-8 Feb
2,158 183,411 Garden and Cosmos Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington 11 Oct 08-4 Jan
2,153 150,735 Summer Exhibition-Royal Academy of Arts London 8 Jun-16 Aug
2,152 243,769 Per Kirkeby Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek 2 Sep 08-11 Jan
2,130 80,954 TAG at the Grand Palais Grand Palais Nave Paris 27 Mar-3 May
2,127 152,239 Imagine: the Peace Ballad of John & Yoko Muse National des Beaux-arts Montreal 2 Apr-21 Jun
2,121 119,677 William Eggleston: Democratic Camera Whitney Museum New York 7 Nov 08-25 Jan
2,110 225,745 Monet and the Impressionists Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney 11 Oct 08-26 Jan
2,107 117,710 Story of ...: Memories of Cartier Creations Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 28 Mar-31 May
2,102 237,505 Francis Bacon Tate Britain London 11 Sep 08-4 Jan
2,091 93,779 Ganjinwajo National Treasures Nara National Museum Nara 4 Apr-24 May
2,083 400,000 Tutankhamun: the Golden King Atlanta Civic Center Atlanta 15 Nov 08-25 May
1,996 261,214 Yves Saint Laurent De Young Museum San Francisco 1 Nov 08-5 Apr
1,990 175,655 The Jazz Century Muse Quai Branly Paris 17 Mar-28 Jun
1,989 204,862 Picasso: Challenging the Past National Gallery London 25 Feb-7 Jun
1,987 153,596 Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from Kabul Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 23 Jun-20 Sep
1,980 180,218 Jeff Koons: Popeye Series Serpentine Gallery London 29 Jun-27 Sep
1,966 256,363 Austere: Selections from the Collection SFMoMA San Francisco 6 Feb-7 Jul
1,966 256,363 Otl Aicher/J Mayer H SFMoMA San Francisco 6 Feb-7 Jul
1,957 177,268 Double Down: Two Visions of Vegas SFMoMA San Francisco 18 Sep 08-4 Jan
1,953 545,000 Louvre Atlanta High Museum of Art Atlanta 12 Oct 08-6 Sep
1,936 195,568 Jonathan Borofsky Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids 30 Jan-10 May
1,935 168,658 Alexander Calder: the Paris Years, 1926-33 Whitney Museum New York 16 Oct 08-15 Feb
1,932 251,150 From Mir to Warhol Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 16 Oct 08-22 Feb
1,924 169,889 Tarzan! Muse Quai Branly Paris 16 Jun-27 Sep
1,922 177,952 Kees Van Dongen Museo Picasso Barcelona 11 Jun-27 Sep
1,922 131,824 On View: Candice Breitz SFMoMA San Francisco 1 Oct-20 Dec
1,918 162,778 Photography Now/The Provoke Era SFMoMA San Francisco 12 Sep-20 Dec
1,907 129,410 William Kentridge: Five Themes SFMoMA San Francisco 14 Mar-31 May
1,906 646,186 Strange Bodies Hirshhorn Museum Washington 11 Dec 08-15 Nov
1,881 150,986 1914! The Avant-garde and the Great War Thyssen-Bornemisza/Fundacin Caja Madrid 7 Oct 08-11 Jan
1,879 186,028 Contemporary Australia: Optimism Queensland GoMA Brisbane 15 Nov 08-22 Feb
1,878 148,336 Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney 7 Mar-24 May
1,853 120,990 Ren Lalique: a Retrospective National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 24 Jun-7 Sep
1,834 174,000 Medieval and Renaissance Treasures High Museum of Art Atlanta 13 Sep 08-4 Jan
1,830 154,009 Sorolla: a Vision of Spain Museo de Bellas Artes Bilbao 13 Oct 08-18 Jan
1,817 243,262 The Court of Vanvitelli Reggia di Caserta Caserta 5 Apr-7 Sep
1,804 350,000 Impressionism and the Paris School Pinacothque Paris 6 Mar-15 Sep
1,795 145,388 Melchior dHondecoeter Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 18 Dec 08-9 Mar
1,765 165,939 Futurismo: Avanguardia-Avanguardie Scuderie del Quirinale Rome 20 Feb-24 May
1,763 205,020 Dialogue among Giants Getty Center Los Angeles 14 Oct-1 Mar
1,762 122,300 Pureblood Reflections: Photography Istanbul Modern Istanbul 4 Feb-26 Apr
1,756 156,500 In Praise of Shadows Istanbul Modern Istanbul 22 Jan-6 May
1,735 119,199 Louis Vuitton: a Passion for Creation Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 22 May-9 Aug
1,727 132,026 The Myth of Antiquity Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 2 Dec 08-28 Feb
1,727 208,923 Picasso 1917-37 Complesso del Vittoriano Rome 11 Oct 08-8 Feb
1,697 164,600 Telling Tales Victoria and Albert Museum London 14 Jul-18 Oct
1,680 215,000 Georges Rouault Pinacothque Paris 18 Sep 08-23 Jan
1,666 174,945 Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 24 Feb-8 Jun
1,659 129,396 Isa Genzken: Open, Sesame! Whitechapel Gallery London 5 Apr-21 Jun
1,649 106,970 Martin Puryear SFMoMA San Francisco8 Nov 08-25 Jan
1,649 124,592 2008 SECA Art Award SFMoMA San Francisco 12 Feb-10 May
1,636 180,000 Van Dyck Muse Jacquemart-Andre Paris 8 Oct 08-25 Jan
1,634 127,676 Nestor Basterretxea Museo de Bellas Artes Bilbao 3 Nov 08-1 Feb
1,633 122,000 Edgar Degas: Intimacy and Pose Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg 6 Feb-3 May
1,632 69,928 James Coleman Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 7 Mar-26 Apr
1,625 154,418 Alexander Calder 1969 Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids 5 Jun-7 Sep
1,620 143,458 The Deluded Eye Nationalmuseum Stockholm 25 Sep 08-11 Jan
1,619 129,278 Warhol Live De Young Museum San Francisco 14 Feb-17 May
1,610 115,476 Passageworks SFMoMA San Francisco25 Oct 08-19 Jan
1,607 129,694 Paul Plamper: Ruhe 1, Radio Play in Space Museum Ludwig Cologne 24 Oct 08-25 Jan
1,606 126,850 J.W. Waterhouse: the Modern Pre-Raphaelite Royal Academy of Arts London 27 Jun-13 Sep
1,603 226,000 Venice: Canaletto and Turner to Monet Fondation Beyeler Basel 28 Sep 08-15 Feb
1,599 205,834 Terracotta Warriors Museum of Natural Science Houston 22 May-18 Oct
1,587 121,971 The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now SFMoMA San Francisco 8 Nov 08-8 Feb
1,584 110,000 Top Arts: VCE-Ian Potter Centre: NGV Melbourne 25 Mar-14 Jun
1,582 137,191 Lords of the Samurai Asian Art Museum San Francisco 12 Jun-20 Sep
1,566 172,281 Rembrandt Albertina Vienna 4 Mar-21 Jun
1,562 64,051 Gustav Metzger: Decades Serpentine Gallery London 29 Sep-8 Nov
1,562 242,073 The Art of Power National Gallery of Art Washington 28 Jun-29 Nov
1,562 110,711 Brought to Light SFMoMA San Francisco 11 Oct 08-4 Jan
1,561 111,249 Calder Jewellery Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 9 Dec 08-1 Mar
1,557 138,989 The Pictures Generation, 197484 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 21 Apr-2 Aug
1,553 160,000 From Siena to Florence: Italian Primitives Muse Jacquemart-Andre Paris 11 Mar-21 Jun
1,550 202,894 Paul Klees Pedagogical Sketchbook SFMoMA San Francisco 27 Sep 08-1 Mar
1,549 129,714 New Work: Mai-Thu Perret SFMoMA San Francisco 21 Nov 08-1 Mar
1,547 171,692 Black Box: Ori Gersht Hirshhorn Museum Washington 22 Dec 08-12 Apr
1,537 134,605 Giorgio de Chirico Muse dArt Moderne de la Ville Paris 12 Feb-24 May
1,534 200,709 The 1,000 Journals Project SFMoMA San Francisco 1 Nov 08-5 Apr
1,530 153,033 Degas: Master of French Art National Gallery of Australia Canberra 12 Dec 08-22 Mar
1,523 130,317 Warhol Live Museum of Fine Arts Montreal 25 Sep 08-4 Jan
1,517 142,551 Gerhard Richter Albertina Vienna 30 Jan-3 May
1,517 99,033 In Situ: Elena Elagina and Igor Makarevich Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 19 May-2 Aug
1,514 111,786 Face of Our Time SFMoMA San Francisco 31 Jan-26 Apr
1,513 108,921 Becoming Edvard Munch Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 14 Feb-26 Apr
1,510 112,828 Thomas Bayrle: Looping Museum Ludwig Cologne 24 Oct 08-18 Jan
1,494 185,227 Gustav Klimt and the Kunstschau 1908 Galerie Belvedere Vienna 1 Oct 08-1 Feb
1,492 133,249 The Room in Pictures Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 31 Mar-2 Jul
1,490 148,315 Max Ernst: Dream and Revolution Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek 6 Feb-1 Jun
1,488 177,478 Reality Check Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 4 Nov 08-22 Mar
1,485 165,661 Sensual, Feminine, Flemish Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 6 Aug 09-13 Dec
1,485 115,441 Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from Kabul Asian Art Museum San Francisco 24 Oct 08-25 Jan
1,483 95,309 Hughie ODonoghue Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 3 Mar-17 May
1,471 84,715 Nicotiana: a Cultural History of Tobacco Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 7 May-12 Jul
1,467 73,128 Fukuzawa Yukichi: Living the Future Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 10 Jan-8 Mar
1,460 188,305 Magritte: Mystery of Nature Palazzo Reale Milan 21 Nov 08-29 Mar
1,458 133,904 Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings Museum Ludwig Cologne 18 Oct 08-1 Feb
1,456 113,790 Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 24 Feb-25 May
1,438 155,319 Arnulf Rainer & Dieter Roth Galerie Belvedere Vienna 26 Sep 08-11 Jan
1,433 141,834 Rafael and Urbino Palazzo Ducale Urbino 5 Apr-12 Jul
1,418 97,667 Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton New Museum New York 8 Oct 08-11 Jan
1,415 41,440 Here/Not There Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 30 Jun-2 Aug
1,415 122,686 The Philippe de Montebello Years Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 24 Oct 08-1 Feb
1,413 164,946 Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 1 May-13 Sep
1,410 101,700 Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton Whitechapel Gallery London 9 Jul-30 Sep
1,409 94,197 Monet Water Lilies High Museum of Art Atlanta 6 Jun-23 Aug
1,409 94,197 Richard Misrach: On the Beach High Museum of Art Atlanta 6 Jun-23 Aug
1,396 79,000 How to Sustain Culture Well Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Berlin 27 Mar-1 Jun
1,394 82,667 Watteau, Music and Theatre Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 22 Sep-29 Nov
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7,270 783,352 Picasso and the Masters Grand Palais Paris 8 Oct 08-2 Feb
6,553 703,000 Kandinsky Centre Pompidou Paris 8 Apr-10 Aug
6,299 377,068 Joan Mir: Painting and Anti-Painting Museum of Modern Art New York 2 Nov 08-12 Jan
4,856 436,343 Van Gogh and the Colours of the Night Museum of Modern Art New York 21 Sep 08-5 Jan
4,820 459,267 Joaqun Sorolla Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid 26 May-13 Sep
4,688 474,821 Warhols Wide World Grand Palais Paris 18 Mar-13 Jul
4,486 450,521 Picasso-Manet Muse dOrsay Paris 8 Oct 08-1 Feb
4,416 473,800 Alexander Calder Centre Pompidou Paris 18 Mar-20 Jul
3,729 284,444 Paul Gauguin National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo 3 Jul-23 Sep
3,564 210,304 Avant-gardes 20-60 Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam 26 Jun-23 Aug
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Paris dominated this category in 2009, hosting five of the top ten shows.
The Grand Palais holds the coveted first place position for Picasso and the
Masters, a show exploring the influence on Picasso of artists such as Goya
and Van Gogh. The show was one of Frances most popular ever, drawing
7,270 people daily, making it the second highest ranking western show in our
survey. Another Picasso-themed show, at the Muse dOrsay, which coincided
with the Grand Palais display, comes in seventh. The Pompidous Kandinsky
retrospective comes in second (left, Blue Mountain, 1908-09) and its other
blockbuster, Alexander Calder, originally scheduled to open in 2008 but
postponed because of budget constraints, comes in at eighth. E.S.
MEDIEVAL TOP TEN
Nowhere is the decline of Christianity in contemporary western culture
more apparent than in the paucity of exhibitions of medieval art: for the first
time since The Art Newspaper began to publish attendance figures has the
medieval category failed to reach ten entries. Only one exhibition in 2009
featured illuminated manuscripts, which hitherto have been the backbone
of medieval shows. A surprising absentee is the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los
Angeles, which in the past has dominated this category. Byzantium at the
Royal Academy, London, takes the top spot (left, Icon of the Archangel,
Michael, 12th century), with Giotto, the subject of the top medieval show in
2008, this time ranking third, at the Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome. D.L.
2,300 342,726 Byzantium 330-1453 Royal Academy of Arts London 25 Oct 08-22 Mar
1,834 174,000 Medieval and Renaissance Treasures High Museum of Art Atlanta 13 Sep 08-4 Jan
1,374 196,544 Giotto and the 1300s Complesso del Vittoriano Rome 6 Mar-26 Jul
948 114,463 Rome and the Barbarians Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Bonn 22 Aug 08-11 Jan
745 53,118 Pen and Parchment Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2 Jun-23 Aug
526 42,641 Treasures of the Black Death Wallace Collection London 19 Feb-10 May
393 66,467 Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations National Gallery of Art Washington 1 Mar-16 Aug
12 1,053 Giovanni Battista Cavalletto Museo Civico Medievale Bologna 8 Nov 08-22 Feb
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OLD MASTERS TOP TEN
That Vermeer should score twice in the old masters top ten is hardly
news, even when shows at the Met and the Rijksmuseum (left, Woman
Holding a Balance, around 1664) focused mainly on a single painting. The
Dutch artist also helped lure visitors to the National Museum of Western
Art, Tokyo, which borrowed both of the Louvres Vermeers. The Met also
drew the crowds with a show focusing on a single painting, the Kimbell
Art Museums The Temptation of St Anthony by Michelangelo. A growing
academic investigation of Renaissance decorative arts translated into an
exhibition hit with the public. The New York museums Art and Love in
Renaissance Italy claimed fourth spot, two above Michelangelo. D.L.
1,391 114,468 Taking Shape Getty Center Los Angeles 31 Mar-5 Jul
1,387 111,000 Bugatti: Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean National Gallery Victoria Melbourne 5 Feb-26 Apr
1,380 127,918 Terry Winters Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 12 Jun-27 Sep
1,376 94,917 I Walk the Line: New Australian Drawing Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 17 Mar-24 May
1,374 196,544 Giotto and the 1300s Complesso del Vittoriano Rome 6 Mar-26 Jul
1,372 79,000 Restoring Archaeological Treasures Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Berlin 27 Mar-1 Jun
1,366 109,265 Panza Collection Hirshhorn Museum Washington 23 Oct 08-11 Jan
1,365 162,441 Babylon: Myth and Reality British Museum London 13 Nov 08-15 Mar
1,363 121,342 Sisley in England and Wales National Gallery London 22 Nov 08-22 Feb
1,363 119,351 Qubec City and Its Photographers Muse National des Beaux-arts Qubec 25 Sep 08-4 Jan
1,352 161,216 Etruscans: the Ancient Metropolis of Lazio Palazzo delle Esposizioni Rome 21 Oct 08-8 Mar
1,350 232,655 Exploring a New Donation Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 10 Mar-27 Sep
1,342 183,873 Terence Gower: Public Spirit Hirshhorn Museum Washington 5 Nov 08-22 Mar
1,341 142,154 Annie Leibovitz: a Photographers Life National Portrait Gallery London 16 Oct 08-1 Feb
1,339 98,871 Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 25 Jul-18 Oct
1,334 72,055 Carlo Cardazzo Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice 1 Nov 08-3 Jan
1,333 95,000 Significant and Insignificant Events Istanbul Modern Istanbul 26 May-16 Aug
1,331 66,360 Themes and Variations Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice 21 Mar-17 May
1,330 222,430 The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece MARQ Alcante 2 Apr-13 Oct
1,322 75,000 FotoGraphia Palazzo delle Esposizioni Rome 29 May-2 Aug
1,317 100,473 Cast in Bronze Getty Villa Los Angeles 30 Jun-27 Sep
1,312 109,871 Living Things: Picasso Figure/Still-life Museo Picasso Barcelona 21 Nov 08-1 Mar
1,309 109,000 Room Project: Photography Istanbul Modern Istanbul 26 May-30 Aug
1,306 99,227 Jan Lievens: a Dutch Master Rediscovered National Gallery of Art Washington 26 Oct 08-11 Jan
1,297 151,369 Liam Gillick Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 15 May-27 Sep
1,284 65,120 Moderna Museet Now: Nina Roos Moderna Museet Stockholm 28 Aug-25 Oct
1,282 117,948 The China Project Queensland GoMA Brisbane 28 Mar-28 Jun
1,281 94,450 Rosalie Gascoigne Ian Potter Centre: NGV Melbourne 19 Dec 08-15 Mar
1,278 130,317 Warhol Live Muse National des Beaux-arts Montreal 25 Sep 08-4 Jan
1,270 89,448 Elizabeth Peyton Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 1 Apr-21 Jun
1,266 87,191 Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone New Museum New York 22 Oct 08-25 Jan
1,259 103,744 Raphael to Renoir Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 21 Jan-26 Apr
1,257 122,970 Jonas Mekas/Looking for Mushrooms Museum Ludwig Cologne 8 Nov 08-1 Mar
1,257 122,978 Buckminster Fuller Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 14 Mar-5 Jul
1,249 144,685 One Hundred Years of Noritake Design Nagoya/Boston Museum Nagoya 18 Apr-30 Aug
1,246 132,467 The Sleeping Beauty Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid 24 Feb-28 Jun
1,245 103,652 Hiroshige: Master of Nature Museo Fondazione Roma Rome 11 Nov 08-15 Feb
1,244 80,131 Target Practice: Painting Under Attack Seattle Art Museum Seattle 25 Jun-7 Sep
1,240 85,360 The Generational: Younger than Jesus New Museum New York 8 Apr-12 Jul
1,234 500,519 Classic/Fantastic Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 21 Dec 07-5 Apr
1,231 51,695 Rebecca Warren Serpentine Gallery London 9 Mar-19 Apr
1,228 97,018 Floating Life Queensland GoMA Brisbane 1 Aug-18 Oct
1,227 164,779 Among Gods and Men Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid 4 Nov 08-12 Apr
1,226 65,305 Artists/Heaney/Books Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 14 Apr-14 Jun
1,224 113,461 Galileo: Images of the Universe Palazzo Strozzi, CCCS Florence 24 Oct 08-8 Feb
1,222 51,312 Luke Fowler Serpentine Gallery London 4 May-14 Jun
1,220 192,732 Star Wars: the Science Meets Imagination Scienceworks Melbourne 4 Jun-8 Nov
1,211 117,500 Matisse: Humans, Masks, Models Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Stuttgart 27 Sep 08-17 Jan
1,204 128,805 Vanity Fair Portraits LACMA Los Angeles 26 Oct 08-1 Mar
1,202 143,000 J.W. Waterhouse: the Modern Pre-Raphaelite Groninger Museum Groningen 14 Dec 08-3 May
1,194 115,454 No Standing Only Dancing: Rennie Ellis National Gallery Victoria Melbourne 31 Oct 08-22 Feb
1,190 115,423 North Looks South Museum of Fine Arts Houston 7 Jun-27 Sep
1,186 212,249 Canaletto: Venice and Its Splendours Casa dei Carraresi Treviso 23 Oct 08-9 Apr
1,185 85,156 Post Me: Art through the Mail Fundaao Serralves Porto 1 Nov 08-25 Jan
1,183 51,879 Raoul de Keyser: Watercolours Fundaao Serralves Porto 14 Mar-3 May
1,173 92,686 Easton Pearson Queensland GoMA Brisbane 22 Aug-8 Nov
9,267 851,256 17th-century Painting from the Louvre National Museum of Western Art Tokyo 28 Feb-14 Jun
4,735 329,446 Vermeers Masterpiece The Milkmaid Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 10 Sep-29 Nov
3,090 256,508 Our Guest: Vermeer Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 11 Mar-1 Jun
2,568 200,692 Art and Love in Renaissance Italy Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 18 Nov 08-16 Feb
2,422 187,213 Fra Angelico: the Dawn of the Renaissance Musei Capitolini Rome 7 Apr-5 Jul
2,227 160,685 Michelangelos First Painting Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 16 Jun-7 Sep
1,795 145,388 Melchior dHondecoeter Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 18 Dec 08-9 Mar
1,636 180,000 Van Dyck Muse Jacquemart-Andre Paris 8 Oct 08-25 Jan
1,566 172,281 Rembrandt Albertina Vienna 4 Mar-21 Jun
1,170 114,481 Artistic Luxury: Faberg, Tiffany, Lalique Legion of Honor San Francisco 7 Feb-31 May
1,169 118,091 Futurism Tate Modern London 12 Jun-20 Sep
1,168 65,246 Young Classics Stichting Krller-Mller Museum Otterlo 20 Jun-23 Aug
1,167 94,202 The Master of Flmalle and Van der Weyden Stadel Museum Frankfurt 21 Nov 08-22 Feb
1,162 65,900 Bethan Huws: Fountain Fundaao Serralves Porto 14 Mar-18 May
1,160 194,793 Exquisite Corpse Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 9 Sep 08-25 Mar
1,157 83,336 Indian Highway Serpentine Gallery London 8 Dec 08-22 Feb
1,157 114,564 Looking In: Robert Franks The Americans National Gallery of Art Washington 18 Jan-26 Apr
1,156 112,000 Evolution: David C. Driskell High Museum of Art Atlanta 11 Apr-2 Aug
1,153 113,698 Andrew Wyeth: Remembrance Seattle Art Museum Seattle 25 Jun-18 Oct
1,147 175,499 Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese Museum of Fine Arts Boston 15 Mar-16 Aug
1,143 37,387 Performer Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 13 Feb-22 Mar
1,141 152,894 Giacometti Fondation Beyeler Basel 31 May-11 Oct
1,140 50,000 A Glittering Interlude Suntory Museum of Art Tokyo 28 Mar-17 May
1,138 76,258 The Budapest Horse National Gallery of Art Washington 3 Jul-7 Sep
1,135 172,589 Monet: Water Lilies Palazzo Reale Milan 29 Apr-27 Sep
1,133 99,224 Women Artists: Gaining Space Muse National des Beaux-arts Qubec 7 May-16 Aug
1,131 66,726 Rising Tide: Film and Video Works Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 26 Jun-23 Aug
1,130 89,298 New Acquisitions-Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 12 Dec 08-1 Mar
1,130 55,380 Prosperous Cities Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 27 Sep-22 Nov
1,125 82,115 Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy Royal Academy of Arts London 31 Jan-13 Apr
1,123 111,832 Simon Starling Stichting Krller-Mller Museum Otterlo 21 May-13 Sep
1,122 163,839 I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Israel Museum Jerusalem 6 Apr-29 Aug
1,120 103,068 Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian National Gallery London 15 Oct 08-18 Jan
1,120 103,046 Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes National Gallery of Art Washington 1 Feb-3 May
1,119 35,646 Jeremy Deller: It Is What It Is Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 10 Oct-15 Nov
1,118 72,642 Cildo Meireles MACBA Barcelona 11 Feb-26 Apr
1,116 113,065 Beyond Babylon Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 18 Nov 08-15 Mar
1,115 56,251 William McKeown Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin 5 Nov 08-4 Jan
1,114 135,906 Futurism 1909-2009 Palazzo Reale Milan 6 Feb-7 Jun
1,111 82,838 The Pre-Raphaelites Nationalmuseum Stockholm 26 Feb-24 May
1,109 108,205 Juan Muoz: a Retrospective Fundaao Serralves Porto 1 Nov 08-24 Feb
1,106 130,000 Amedeo Modigliani Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Bonn 16 Apr-30 Aug
1,105 46,398 Thomas Bayrle MACBA Barcelona 6 Feb-19 Mar
1,105 58,893 To Clean or Not to Clean Stichting Krller-Mller Museum Otterlo 10 Ma-10 May
1,103 98,481 See Italy and Die Muse dOrsay Paris 7 Apr-19 Jul
1,100 107,644 Brancusi and Co Stichting Krller-Mller Museum Otterlo 11 Jul-1 Nov
1,099 49,160 Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba Fundaao Serralves Porto 28 Mar-18 May
1,095 33,000 Export Lacquer Suntory Museum of Art Tokyo 23 Dec 08-26 Jan
1,088 65,429 Jenny Holzer: Protect Protect Whitney Museum New York 12 Mar-31 May
1,080 85,291 Kuniyoshi Royal Academy of Arts London 21 Mar-7 Jun
1,077 128,105 British Sculptors Drawings British Museum London 25 Sep 08-25 Jan
1,076 120,000 Russian Avant-garde: the Costakis Collection Muse Maillol Paris 13 Nov 08-22 Mar
1,075 102,155 Rodchenko & Popova Tate Modern London 12 Feb-17 May
1,074 50,801 Underglaze Blue Porcelain Ware in Asia Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 14 Jul-6 Sep
1,071 81,846 Sickert in Venice Dulwich Picture Gallery London 4 Mar-31 May
1,063 62,856 Interactive Playground Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 16 Feb-26 Apr
1,058 78,327 The Power of Dogu British Museum London 10 Sep-22 Nov
1,051 85,104 Ricky Maynard: Portrait of a Distant Land Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 4 Jun-23 Aug
1,050 68,846 Sabadebthe Gifts Seattle Art Museum Seattle 23 Oct 08-11 Jan
1,049 72,094 The Dragons Gift: the Sacred Arts of BhutanAsian Art Museum San Francisco 20 Feb-10 May
1,043 70,794 In Praise of Women Museum of Fine Arts Budapest 21 Mar-7 Jun
1,043 104,276 Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 17 Jan-26 Apr
1,037 21,486 108th Annual Student Exhibition Pennsylvania Academy Philadelphia 8 May-31 May
1,036 58,753 Flowers-Paradise Rests on the Earth State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow 6 Mar-10 May
1,033 92,534 Edward Hoppers Women Seattle Art Museum Seattle 13 Nov 08-1 Mar
1,030 95,537 Unity: Herman de Vries Stichting Krller-Mller Museum Otterlo 20 Feb-7 Jun
1,019 77,431 Walking in My Mind Hayward Gallery London 23 Jun-6 Sep
1,017 92,585 Mir, Calder, Giacometti, Braque Royal Academy of Arts London 4 Oct 08-2 Jan
1,005 141,080 Captured Emotions Getty Center Los Angeles 18 Dec 08-1 Jun
1,005 95,513 Medals of Dishonour British Museum London 25 Jun-27 Sep
1,003 72,063 Maya Lin: System Systematic Landscapes De Young Museum San Francisco25 Oct 08-18 Jan
1,003 72,063 Asian/American/Modern Art De Young Museum San Francisco25 Oct 08-18 Jan
1,002 83,063 Jenny Holzer: Protect Protect Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 25 Oct 08-1 Feb
1,002 74,863 Masks: from Carpeaux to Picasso Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen 7 Aug-1 Nov
1,001 152,059 USA Today Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 8 Nov 08-3 May
995 153,193 Darwin Natural History Museum London 14 Nov 08-19 Apr
992 159,996 The Essential Art of African Textiles Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 30 Sep 08-5 Apr
988 94,671 Christopher Wool Fundaao Serralves Porto 22 Nov 08-15 Mar
987 162,584 Julius Caesar Chiostro del Bramante Rome 24 Oct 08-3 May
985 95,500 Hats: an Anthology by Stephen Jones Victoria and Albert Museum London 24 Feb-31 May
982 230,440 The Story of the Horse Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 27 Jun 08-29 Mar
980 90,000 From Rembrandt to Vermeer Museo Fondazione Roma Rome 1 Nov 08-15 Feb
977 122,162 Ferdinand Georg Waldmller Galerie Belvedere Vienna 9 Jun-11 Oct
977 61,250 Piraeus; a Sea of Moments Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen 19 Jun-30 Aug
966 150,000 Sraphine de Senlis Muse Maillol Paris 1 Oct-30 Mar
959 100,665 Henri Cartier-Bresson Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 20 Sep 08-4 Jan
958 84,271 The Intimate Portrait British Museum London 5 Mar-31 May
957 110,000 Amy Blakemore: Photographs 1988-2008 Museum of Fine Arts Houston 10 May-20 Sep
955 125,050 Yinka Shonibare MBE Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 23 Sep 08-1 Feb
952 48,272 Hong Kong Art Series IV Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 20 Feb-19 Apr
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PHOTOGRAPHY TOP TEN
The second edition of Pariss photography biennial Photoquai, held at the Muse
Quai Branly, attracted a record number of visitors last year, perhaps drawn by the
exhibitions focus on non-western artists who are relatively unknown in Europe.
The most popular exhibitions in the US focused on more traditionalist fare, such as
the Museum of Modern Art in New Yorks romantic visions of the American West,
Into the Sunset, and Robert Franks Americans series (left, Political Rally
Chicago, 1956), at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The Whitneys
survey of William Eggleston was its most popular exhibition last year. And the
Michael C. Carlos museum capitalised on the King Tutankhamun exhibition it
helped organise at the Atlanta Civic Center with a related show of photographs
documenting the discovery of the young pharaohs tomb. H.S.
7,868 419,256 2nd Photoquai Biennale Muse Quai Branly Paris 22 Sep-22 Nov
4,150 256,714 Into the Sunset Museum of Modern Art New York 29 Mar-8 Jun
3,313 284,453 Looking In: Robert Franks The Americans SFMoMA San Francisco16 May-23 Aug
3,056 262,800 Accommodating Nature: Frank Gohlke Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington 5 Dec 08-3 Mar
2,948 356,310 Richard Avedon SFMoMA San Francisco 11 Jul-29 Nov
2,793 460,000 Harry Burton and the Tomb of Tutankhamun Michael C. Carlos Museum Atlanta 15 Nov 08-25 May
2,760 273,236 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize National Portrait Gallery London 6 Nov 08-15 Feb
2,697 323,645 Contemporary Photography Art Institute of Chicago Chicago 16 May-13 Sep
2,121 119,677 William Eggleston: Democratic Camera Whitney Museum New York 7 Nov 08-25 Jan
1,918 162,778 Photography Now/The Provoke Era SFMoMA San Francisco12 Sep-20 Dec
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A striking feature of the top 19th-century art shows is that only
half of them were monographic; in previous years single-artist
exhibitions have monopolised the list. It is not surprising, given
the media attention accorded him during his bi-centennial, that
Darwin made what will surely be his unique appearance in the
annals of attendance figures. The Muse dOrsay made it to the
top ten with three hits, albeit rather predictable crowd-pleasers:
pastels, Rodin and photography. Ensor at MoMA, New York,
appealed to a mood for the macabre, and was an important
reassessment of the artists late career. Left, Hiroshige, 53
Stations of the Tokaido, 1833, at Museo Fondazione Roma. D.L.
5,137 379,408 James Ensor Museum of Modern Art New York 28 Jun-21 Sep
3,315 332,872 Mystery and Brilliance Muse dOrsay Paris 8 Oct 08-1 Feb
2,432 173,351 Rodin Muse dOrsay Paris 10 Mar-31 May
1,606 126,850 J.W. Waterhouse: the Modern Pre-Raphaelite Royal Academy of Arts London 27 Jun-13 Sep
1,246 132,467 The Sleeping Beauty Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid 24 Feb-28 Jun
1,245 103,652 Hiroshige: Master of Nature Museo Fondazione Roma Rome 11 Nov 08-15 Feb
1,202 143,000 J.W. Waterhouse: the Modern Pre-Raphaelite Groninger Museum Groningen 14 Dec 08-3 May
1,111 82,838 The Pre-Raphaelites Nationalmuseum Stockholm 26 Feb-24 May
1,103 98,481 See Italy and Die Muse dOrsay Paris 7 Apr-19 Jul
995 153,193 Darwin Natural History Museum London 14 Nov 08-19 Apr
ASIAN TOP TEN
Japans appetite for blockbuster exhibitions and the richness of its
cultural heritage resulted in its museums producing seven of the top ten
shows in our Asian category. But China's marching army of terracotta
warriors (pictured left) means that a US institution, the High Museum of
Art, Atlanta, is fifth on the 2009 Asian list. The National Museum of
Korea, Seoul, which is taking part in our survey for the first time, cele-
brated the centenary of Korean museums with an exhibition that put it in
seventh place. The Tokyo National Museum improves on its runner-up
ranking in 2008 with a show of temple treasures from Nara, making it
overall the most visited exhibition our survey. J.P.
15,960 946,172 Ashura and Masterpieces from Kohfukuji Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 31 Mar-7 Jun
14,965 299,294 61st Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures Nara National Museum Nara 24 Oct-12 Nov
9,473 447,944 Treasures of the Imperial Collections Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 6 Oct-29 Nov
4,303 151,833 Masterpieces of Zen Culture from Myoshinji Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 20 Jan-1 Mar
3,104 403,469 The First Emperor: Chinas Terracotta Army High Museum of Art Atlanta 16 Nov 08-19 Apr
3,074 116,363 Great Treasures of Court Culture Kyoto National Museum Kyoto 10 Jan-22 Feb
3,038 107,203 100th Anniversary of Korean Museums National Museum of Korea Seoul 29 Sep-8 Nov
2,876 529,154 The Tale of Shuten Doji Freer and Sackler Galleries Washington 21 Mar-20 Sep
2,569 106,081 The Treasures of Myoshin-ji Temple Kyoto National Museum Kyoto 24 Mar-10 May
2,428 114,796 Ise Jingu and Treasures of Shinto Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 14 Jul-6 Sep
951 36,828 Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 6 Feb-22 Mar
951 69,426 Art of Two Germanys: Cold War Cultures LACMA Los Angeles 25 Jan-19 Apr
950 84,592 Van Dyck and Britain Tate Britain London 18 Feb-17 May
949 93,949 Turner and Italy Palazzo dei Diamanti Ferrara 16 Nov 08-22 Feb
948 114,463 Rome and the Barbarians Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Bonn 22 Aug 08-11 Jan
945 90,031 Endless Forms: Charles Darwin Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge 16 Jun-4 Oct
945 64,119 One Size, One Concept, Numerous Ideas Fundaao Serralves Porto 12 Sep-29 Nov
941 176,267 Provocative Visions: Race and Identity Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 19 Aug 08-22
937 70,000 The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes Peabody Essex Museum Salem 13 Jun-7 Sep
925 93,650 African and Oceanic Art Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2 Jun-27 Sep
922 65,489 Ko-imari in Paris: Enchanting Beauty Metropolitan Teien Art Museum Tokyo 10 Oct-23 Dec
922 119,000 Walt Disneys Wonderful World Kunsthalle der Hypo-KulturstiftungMunich 19 Sep 08-25 Jan
920 161,025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Natural History Museum London 31 Oct 08-26 Apr
920 124,137 St Ives Summer Season Tate St Ives St Ives 16 May-27 Sep
919 69,434 Darwin: Art and the Search for Origins Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 5 Feb-3 May
918 104,604 American Impressionism & Realism Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane 30 May-20 Sep
915 106,153 Shah Abbas: the Remaking of Iran British Museum London 19 Feb-14 Jun
913 21,258 Theaster Gates: Temple Exercises Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 6 Jan-1 Feb
908 81,893 Claes Oldenburg/Coosje van Bruggen Whitney Museum New York 7 May-6 Sep
907 62,822 Whistler in the Frick Collection Frick Collection New York 2 Jun-23 Aug
905 60,505 Clay Ketter Moderna Museet Stockholm 30 May-16 Aug
905 96,800 Magnificence of the Tsars Victoria and Albert Museum London 10 Dec 08-29 Mar
904 72,196 River of Gold/Golden Legacy Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 6 Jun-6 Sep
902 70,218 Joseph Grigely: St Cecilia Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 22 Nov 08-22 Feb
900 60,916 Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Manchester Art Gallery Manchester 14 Feb-4 May
900 98,139 John Brack Ian Potter Centre: NGV Melbourne 23 Apr-9 Aug
899 50,237 Elixir: Pipilotti Rist Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam 7 Mar-10 May
898 34,000 Tenchijin: Naoe Kanetsugu Suntory Museum of Art Tokyo 30 May-12 Jul
896 98,521 Alfons Mucha Galerie Belvedere Vienna 12 Feb-1 Jun
893 67,890 Artistic Luxury: Faberg, Tiffany, Lalique Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 19 Oct 08-18 Jan
889 84,475 Dazzling the Enemy: Shields from the Pacific British Museum London 14 May-16 Aug
889 71,098 McCubbin: Last Impressions, 1907-17 National Gallery of Australia Canberra 14 Aug-1 Nov
887 85,285 Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 3 Feb-25 May
885 63,123 Borovikovsky Saved Her Beauty State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow 31 Oct 08-21 Jan
876 66,174 Van Dongen: Painting the City Fauve Muse National des Beaux-arts Montreal 22 Jan-19 Apr
876 69,183 A Century of Retablos Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 5 Jul-4 Oct
876 90,000 Encounters with Modern Art Kunsthalle Bundesrepublik Bonn 24 Apr-23 Aug
872 33,000 Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art Suntory Museum of Art Tokyo 25 Jul-6 Sep
871 69,531 Daniel Buren: Books and Other Publications Fundaao Serralves Porto 30 May-30 Aug
869 53,904 Titians Triumph of Love National Gallery London 21 Jul-20 Sep
868 111,036 Serralves Collection: Part I Fundaao Serralves Porto 30 May-25 Oct
867 78,617 No Frontiers: the Art of Ding Yanyong Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 19 Dec 08-5 Apr
866 74,504 Discovery of Spain National Gallery Complex Edinburgh 18 Jul-11 Oct
866 87,694 The Art of Wang Hui (16321717) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 9 Sep 08-4 Jan
863 104,422 An Antiquity of Imagination National Gallery of Art Washington 3 Jul-31 Oct
863 59,318 Jacques Emile Ruhlmann/Pedro Barateiro Fundaao Serralves Porto 18 Jul-5 Oct
862 78,307 Paul Morrison Manchester Art Gallery Manchester 14 Feb-31 May
861 76,858 Photographs by Rudy Burckhardt, 1937-40 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 23 Sep 08-4 Jan
859 91,100 Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70 Victoria and Albert Museum London 25 Sep 08-11 Jan
859 102,438 The Lens and the Mirror Part II Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 21 Jul-6 Dec
858 64,214 Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Vision Manchester Art Gallery Manchester 11 Oct 08-11 Jan
855 92,332 Turner Prize-Tate Britain London 30 Sep 08-18 Jan
853 90,000 George Condo Muse Maillol Paris 17 Apr-17 Aug
850 48,681 Looking for Antonio Mak Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 21 Nov 08-28 Jan
847 93,000 Surreal Things Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto 9 May-13 Sep
Daily Total Exhibition Venue City
846 97,198 Reality Revisited Moderna Museet Stockholm 9 May-20 Sep
842 70,451 Cobra: the 60th Anniversary Muses Royaux des Beaux-Arts Brussels 7 Nov 08-15 Feb
838 64,013 Life, Liberty and /George de Forest Brush Seattle Art Museum Seattle 26 Feb-25 May
836 70,104 Bes Revelation-Fundaao Serralves Porto 6 Dec 08-15 Mar
832 59,046 Hearst the Collector LACMA Los Angeles 9 Nov 08-1 Feb
831 97,193 The Power of Ornament Galerie Belvedere Vienna 21 Jan-17
822 127,359 Visual Encounters Fondation Beyeler Basel 25 Jan-28 Jun
816 42,104 J.S. Bach/Zaha Hadid Architects Manchester Art Gallery Manchester 3 Jul-31 Aug
816 100,871 Pompeii and the Roman Villa LACMA Los Angeles 14 May-4 Oct
815 71,229 Loriot Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 24 Apr-23 Aug
812 56,513 Sweep Me off My Feet Muse National des Beaux-arts Qubec 24 Sep-13 Dec
812 60,000 Mahjong: the Sigg Collection Peabody Essex Museum Salem 21 Feb-17 May
808 67,889 Year 12 Perspectives Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 8 Apr-30 Jun
805 86,955 Oswald Oberhuber Galerie Belvedere Vienna 29 May-3 Sep
804 69,045 Abstract Earth: Richard Woldendorp Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 1 Aug-8 Nov
804 72,244 The Age of Imagination LACMA Los Angeles 20 Sep 08-4 Jan
802 62,637 Napoleon III and Paris Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 9 Jun-7 Sep
802 63,158 Strolling in the Fragrant Garden Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 31 Oct 08-1 Feb
800 63,163 Thing: Beware the Material World Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 18 Apr-5 Jul
799 85,768 Raqib Shaw at the Met Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 4 Nov 08-8 Mar
796 93,925 Temps com a matria MACBA Barcelona 16 May-31 Aug
796 91,500 Frans Hals Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung Munich 13 Feb-7 Jun
790 57,650 Your Bright Future LACMA Los Angeles 28 Jun-20 Sep
789 53,507 Paul Kooiker: Crush Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam 5 Sep-22 Nov
789 58,271 Rinus van den Bosch Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam 5 Sep-29 Nov
786 38,535 Smi Magic Drum British Museum London 27 Nov 08-18 Jan
786 99,831 Family Traces Israel Museum Jerusalem 24 Jul-28 Nov
786 30,548 Sacred Ningbo Nara National Museum Nara 18 Jul-30 Aug
783 31,000 The Timeless Beauty of Japanese Paper Suntory Museum of Art Tokyo 19 Sep-3 Nov
783 72,008 Jacob van Ruisdael Mauritshuis The Hague 26 Feb-1 Jun
782 10,950 A Crucifix Attributed to Michelangelo Civica Galleria darte moderna Castiglioncello 22 Mar-4 Apr
781 52,893 Gakona Palais de Tokyo Paris 13 Feb-3 May
780 76,306 WA Indigenous Art Awards-Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 25 Jul-15 Nov
780 156,614 Arts of the Ming Dynasty Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 23 Jan-13 Sep
773 75,461 Revolution of the Other Palais de Tokyo Paris 25 Sep 08-18 Jan
770 78,328 Egypt: Back to the Source Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen 10 Oct 08-8 Feb
769 53,500 Universal Code Power Plant Toronto 11 Jun-30 Aug
767 181,665 Many Faces Israel Museum Jerusalem 8 Apr-30 Nov
763 54,412 Christopher Wool Museum Ludwig Cologne 21 Apr-12 Jul
758 47,317 Romy Schneider Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 6 Feb-3 May
755 65,483 Love! Art! Passion! Gemeentemuseum The Hague 21 Feb-1 Jun
754 56,356 Henri Cartier-Bresson Muse dArt Moderne de la Ville Paris 19 Jun-13 Sep
753 45,855 Play: Film and Video Moderna Museet Stockholm 7 Feb-19 Apr
751 90,000 Jozef & Isaac Israels Gemeentemuseum The Hague 20 Sep 08-8 Feb
749 54,696 Power and Glory Saint Louis Art Museum St Louis 22 Feb-17 May
748 80,000 Chagall, Kandinsky, Malevich Villa Olmo Como 4 Apr-26 Jul
747 45,441 Andreas Gursky Moderna Museet Stockholm 21 Feb-3 May
746 29,511 Tonny Hrning: Drawings Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen 15 Jan-1 Mar
745 74,776 Caravaggio in Holland Stadel Museum Frankfurt 1 Apr-26 Jul
745 58,000 Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes Mauritshuis The Hague 11 Oct 08-11 Jan
745 53,118 Pen and Parchment Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2 Jun-23 Aug
744 65,801 Turner and Italy Museum of Fine Arts Budapest 15 Jul-25 Oct
744 120,560 Judith Leyster, 1609-1660 National Gallery of Art Washington 21 Jun-29 Nov
743 59,348 Isa Genzken Museum Ludwig Cologne 15 Aug-15 Nov
742 40,829 Adventures in Modern Art Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 12 Jul-13 Sep
742 64,364 The Lens and the Mirror Part I Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 3 Apr-12 Jul
740 59,727 Sympathy for the Devil Muse dart contemporain Montreal 10 Oct 08-11 Jan
738 73,039 Luis Melendez National Gallery of Art Washington 17 May-23 Aug
738 55,047 Thomas Bang: States of Locations Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen 12 Mar-7 Jun
737 33,917 Doodle 4 Google Cooper Hewitt New York 21 May-5 Jul
736 64,485 Butchers, Dragons, God & Skeletons Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth 16 Jul-25 Oct
729 48,739 Moderna Museet Now: Tabaimo Moderna Museet Stockholm 31 Jan-19 Apr
726 127,099 Green Architecture for the Future Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek 29 May-18 Dec
722 50,823 The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani Getty Villa Los Angeles 16 Jul-5 Oct
720 77,079 Larrakitj Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 13 Feb-31 May
717 55,188 Peter Kogler Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 16 Mar-31 May
717 92,535 Marc Quinn Casa de Giulietta Verona 22 May-27 Sep
715 87,196 Simryn Gill Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 20 Nov 08-22 Mar
712 101,046 French Porcelain for English Palaces The Queens Gallery London 23 May-11 Oct
710 53,678 Peter Doig Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 9 Oct 08-4 Jan
709 46,277 Echoes of Life National Museum of Korea Seoul 16 Dec 08-1 Mar
704 55,626 Cartoons and Coronets: Osbert Lancaster Wallace Collection London 22 Oct 08-11 Jan
704 40,949 Saul Steinberg Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 13 Mar-1 Jun
698 73,131 Jonathan Horowitz/Erik van Lieshout Museum Ludwig Cologne 24 Apr-23 Aug
697 83,629 Artist in Focus: Everywhen Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 31 Jan-31 May
694 56,000 From Van Dyck to Bellotto Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR) Brussels 20 Feb-24 May
685 52,027 Four Banquet Tables of Catherine the Great Metropolitan Teien Art Museum Tokyo 16 Apr-5 Jul
684 68,434 Rachel Whiteread Museum of Fine Arts Boston 15 Oct 08-25 Jan
683 44,418 Picturing America Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin 7 Mar-10 May
683 73,100 Baroque 1620-1800 Victoria and Albert Museum London 4 Apr-19 Jul
680 37,426 Artist File 2009: NACT Annual Show National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 4 Mar-6 May
676 53,945 In the Mirror of Possibilities Museum Ludwig Cologne 14 Mar-14 Jun
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ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN TOP TEN
The Guggenheims self-reflective survey of the museums architect, Frank
Lloyd Wright, tied to its own 50th anniversary celebrations last year (left,
Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1943-59), was beaten to first place in
our survey for average daily attendance by the Museum of Modern Arts
show of contemporary designs by Ron Arad. But the Wright show drew
more visitors overall during its run. The summer pavilion at the Serpentine
Gallery in London, designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of
SANAA, continued to draw the crowds. Nearby, the V&A scored a hit with
Telling Tales, about contemporary designers love of narrative, and its sur-
vey of modern design on both sides of the Iron Curtain after1945. H.S.
5,128 347,995 Ron Arad: No Discipline Museum of Modern Art New York 2 Aug-19 Oct
4,717 408,990 Frank Lloyd Wright: from Within Outward Guggenheim Museum New York 15 May-23 Aug
3,099 303,741 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Serpentine Gallery London 11 Jul-16 Oct
1,817 243,262 The Court of Vanvitelli Reggia di Caserta Caserta 5 Apr-7 Sep
1,697 164,600 Telling Tales Victoria and Albert Museum London 14 Jul-18 Oct
1,257 122,978 Buckminster Fuller Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 14 Mar-5 Jul
1,249 144,685 One Hundred Years of Noritake Design Nagoya/Boston Museum Nagoya 18 Apr-30 Aug
1,234 500,519 Classic/Fantastic Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 21 Dec 07-5 Apr
863 59,318 Jacques Emile Ruhlmann/Pedro Barateiro Fundaao Serralves Porto 18 Jul-5 Oct
859 91,100 Cold War Modern: Design 1945-70 Victoria and Albert Museum London 25 Sep 08-11 Jan
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4,139 405,612 The Revolution Continues Saatchi Gallery 9 Oct 08-18 Jan
3,828 363,702 Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East Saatchi Gallery 30 Jan-9 May
3,604 277,473 Anish Kapoor Royal Academy of Arts 26 Sep-11 Dec
3,141 298,420 BP Portrait Award 2009 National Portrait Gallery 18 Jun-20 Sep
3,099 303,741 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Serpentine Gallery 11 Jul-16 Oct
2,760 273,236 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize National Portrait Gallery 6 Nov 08-15 Feb
2,597 327,244 Rothko Tate Modern 26 Sep 08-1 Feb
2,446 183,433 Corot to Monet National Gallery 8 Jul-20 Sep
2,300 342,726 Byzantium 330-1453 Royal Academy of Arts 25 Oct 08-22 Mar
2,212 227,831 Picasso Prints: Challenging the Past National Gallery 25 Feb-7 Jun
PARIS TOP TEN
7,868 419,256 2nd Photoquai Biennale Muse Quai Branly 22 Sep-22 Nov
7,270 783,352 Picasso and the Masters Grand Palais 8 Oct 08-2 Feb
6,553 703,000 Kandinsky Centre Pompidou 8 Apr-10 Aug
4,688 474,821 Warhols Wide World Grand Palais 18 Mar-13 Jul
4,486 450,521 PicassoManet Muse dOrsay 8 Oct 08-1 Feb
4,416 473,800 Alexander Calder Centre Pompidou 18 Mar-20 Jul
3,927 129,583 Six Billion Others Grand Palais Nave 10 Jan-12 Feb
3,315 332,872 Mystery and Brilliance Muse dOrsay 8 Oct 08-1 Feb
3,121 387,000 Pollock Pinacothque 15 Oct 08-15 Feb
2,526 249,023 The Gates of Heaven Louvre 6 Mar-29 Jun
TOKYO TOP TEN
15,960 946,172 Ashura and Masterpieces from Kohfukuji Tokyo National Museum 31 Mar-7 Jun
9,473 447,944 Treasures of the Imperial Collections Tokyo National Museum 6 Oct-29 Nov
9,267 851,256 17th-century Painting from the Louvre National Museum of Western Art 28 Feb-14 Jun
5,609 390,219 Treasures of the Habsburg Monarchy National Art Center Tokyo 25 Sep-14 Dec
4,939 51,505 12th Japan Media Arts Festival National Art Center Tokyo 4-15 Feb
4,303 151,833 Masterpieces of Zen Culture from Myoshinji Tokyo National Museum 20 Jan-1 Mar
3,743 221,892 Children in the Louvre Collection National Art Center Tokyo 25 Mar-1 Jun
3,729 284,444 Paul Gauguin National Museum of Modern Art 3 Jul-23 Sep
3,488 123,065 Kayama Matazo Retrospective 1927-2004 National Art Center Tokyo 21 Jan-2 Mar
2,647 195,477 The Roman Empire National Museum of Western Art 19 Sep-13 Dec
NEW YORK TOP TEN
6,299 377,068 Joan Mir: Painting and Anti-Painting Museum of Modern Art 2 Nov 08-2 Jan
6,186 391,476 Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out Museum of Modern Art 19 Nov 08-2 Feb
5,137 379,408 James Ensor Museum of Modern Art 28 Jun-21 Sep
5,128 347,995 Ron Arad: No Discipline Museum of Modern Art 2 Aug-19 Oct
4,945 305,894 Martin Kippenberger: Problem Perspective Museum of Modern Art 1 Mar-11 May
4,864 266,821 Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave Museum of Modern Art 14 Dec 08-16 Feb
4,856 436,343 Van Gogh and the Colours of the Night Museum of Modern Art 21 Sep 08-5 Jan
4,735 329,446 Vermeers Masterpiece The Milkmaid Metropolitan Museum of Art 10 Sep-29 Nov
4,717 408,990 Frank Lloyd Wright: from Within Outward Guggenheim Museum 15 May-23 Aug
4,533 323,132 Aernout Mik Museum of Modern Art 6 May-27 Jul
10,071 796,004 The Mind of Leonardo Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 20 Mar-17 Jun
9,273 704,420 Monets Art and its Posterity National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 7 Apr-2 Jul
9,067 425,492 Legacy of the Tokugawa Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 10 Oct-2 Dec
8,585 737,074 Richard Serra Sculpture: 40 Years Museum of Modern Art New York 3 Jun-10 Sep
7,268 574,207 Masterpieces of French Painting from the Met Museum of Fine Arts Houston 4 Feb-6 May
6,856 493,886 Milkmaid by Vermeer and Dutch Genre Painting National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 26 Sep-17 Dec
6,239 482,179 From Czanne to Picasso Muse dOrsay Paris 19 Jun-16 Sep
6,115 677,000 Masterpieces of French Painting from the Met Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin 1 Jun-7 Oct
5,375 1,290,000 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age Franklin Institute Philadelphia 3 Feb-30 Sep
5,269 330,446 What is Painting? Museum of Modern Art New York 7 Jul-17 Sep
17,926 263,765 60th Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures Nara National Museum Nara 25 Oct-10 Nov
12,762 794,909 National Treasures from Yakushi-ji Temple Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 25 Mar-8 Jun
10,357 145,000 Images in the Night Grand Palais Nave Paris 18-31 Dec
9,531 326,784 Duelling Geniuses Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 8 Jul-17 Aug
8,735 308,213 Treasures by Rinpa Masters Tokyo National Museum Tokyo 7 Oct-16 Nov
7,101 547,810 Collection of the Muse National Picasso Reina Sofa Madrid 5 Feb-5 May
6,725 268,058 Kaii Higashiyama: a Retrospective National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo 29 Mar-18 May
6,624 449,483 Dal: Painting and Film Museum of Modern Art New York 29 Jun-15 Sep
6,571 393,322 Martin Puryear Museum of Modern Art New York 4 Nov 07-14 Jan
6,535 521,871 Home Delivery Museum of Modern Art New York 20 Jul-20 Oct
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675 60,760 Louisa Bufardeci/Zon Ito Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 28 Jul-25 Oct
672 69,226 Art & Empire: Treasures from Assyria Museum of Fine Arts Boston 21 Sep 08-4 Jan
672 46,726 Claude Tousignant: a Retrospective Muse dart contemporain Montreal 5 Feb-26 Apr
672 34,272 Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures State Museum of Modern Art Moscow 16 Dec 08-8 Feb
667 58,689 Un Certain Etat du Monde? Garage Centre Moscow 19 Mar-14 Jun
665 49,150 Sigmar Polke Museum Ludwig Cologne 4 Jul-27 Sep
660 41,185 Roy Lichtenstein Posters Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 19 Dec 08-15 Mar
659 64,508 Mari Funaki/David Walker Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 27 Jun-18 Oct
659 70,000 Anthony Ames, Architect High Museum of Art Atlanta 21 Apr-23 Aug
658 54,842 Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 17 Mar-21 Jun
657 96,391 Carroll Dunham: Works on Paper Museum Ludwig Cologne 3 Apr-20 Sep
656 50,222 From the Land of the Golden Fleece Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge 2 Oct 08-4 Jan
654 75,825 Lucy McKenzie Museum Ludwig Cologne 14 Mar-26 Jul
654 44,441 Stitch by Stitch Metropolitan Teien Art Museum Tokyo 18 Jul-27 Sep
654 36,614 Universal Archive Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 9 Mar-3 May
652 63,272 The Art and Craft of Greene and Greene Museum of Fine Arts Boston 14 Jul-18 Oct
650 46,087 Diego Rivera Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 25 Oct 08-18 Jan
646 52,966 Eva Hesse Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh 5 Aug-25 Oct
646 28,800 Ulrich Rckriem/The Power of Expression Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin 19 Mar-10 May
644 144,296 A New Route through the Berardo Collection Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 15 Sep 08-26 Apr
642 71,245 George de Forest Brush National Gallery of Art Washington 14 Sep 08-4 Jan
642 34,194 Turn-of-the-Century Gems Nationalmuseum Stockholm 23 Jun-23 Aug
640 44,320 James Castle: a Retrospective Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 14 Oct 08-4 Jan
640 59,875 Polidori/Davis/Hurlbut Muse dart contemporain Montreal 22 May-7 Sep
638 63,926 Diana & Actaeon Museum Kunst Palast Dsseldorf 20 Oct-15 Feb
638 35,659 Ryan Gander: Heralded as the New Black Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam 21 Mar-24 May
637 61,121 Richard Long: Heaven and Earth Tate Britain London 3 Jun-6 Sep
637 48,424 Joan Rabascall MACBA Barcelona 23 Jan-19 Apr
633 63,329 Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms Hayward Gallery London 7 Oct 08-18 Jan
633 48,903 Baroque Celebrations Palazzo Madama Turin 7 Apr-5 Jul
631 50,760 Andrea Riccio Frick Collection New York 15 Oct 08-18 Jan
630 95,633 Whistler & Haden Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam 28 Feb-23 Aug
630 36,153 Pink: Bizarrely Green Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 28 Aug-15 Nov
625 27,677 Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from Turin Legion of Honor San Francisco15 Nov 08-8 Jan
625 49,800 The Master of Flmalle and Van der WeydenGemldegalerie Berlin 20 Mar-21 Jun
622 30,377 Streams and Mountains Without End Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 27 Jun-23 Aug
616 57,300 Gordon Bennett Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 19 Dec 08-22 Mar
614 56,465 Gerhard Richter Portraits National Portrait Gallery London 26 Feb-31 May
614 49,356 Strange Brew: the 1960s Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo 29 May-20 Sep
612 44,668 Pollock, de Kooning and American Art Saint Louis Art Museum St Louis 19 Oct 08-11 Jan
612 72,970 Augustus Saint-Gaudens Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 30 Jun-15 Nov
609 38,776 Louise Bourgeois Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles 25 Oct 08-25 Jan
608 45,269 Martin Kippenberger: Problem Perspective Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles 20 Sep 08-5 Jan
606 50,878 Risk the Real Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 8 Jun-30 Aug
605 46,493 The State Museums of Berlin Legion of Honor San Francisco18 Oct 08-18 Jan
602 58,437 Avoiding Myth & Message Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney 7 Apr-12 Jul
595 48,000 Wilhelm Freddie: Stick the Fork in Your Eye! Statens Museum of Art Copenhagen 28 Feb-1 Jun
593 16,604 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow 26 Sep-25 Oct
592 49,150 Altermodern: Tate Triennial-Tate Britain London 3 Feb-26 Apr
592 43,189 Indigenous Art Awards-Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth 30 Oct 08-11 Jan
587 50,400 The Indian Portrait Gallery Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 7 Mar-14 Jun
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583 89,233 Oceans, Rivers and Skies National Gallery of Art Washington 12 Oct 08-15 Mar
582 33,509 Ren Magritte 1948: La Priode Vache Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 30 Oct 08-4 Jan
580 43,824 Franz West: Work, 1972-2008 LACMA Los Angeles 12 Mar-7 Jun
577 42,438 T2 Torino Triennale Tremusei Castello di Rivoli Rivoli 6 Nov 08-1 Feb
576 29,236 In the Wake of Jesus Museum of Fine Arts Budapest 12 Dec 08-8 Feb
576 162,063 Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 16 Sep 08-9 Aug
574 35,830 Bad Habits Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo 10 Jul-4 Oct
571 50,782 Art Deco and its Enemies Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 24 Jun-20 Sep
570 16,516 Fantastic Illusion Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai 13 Sep-11 Oct
570 54,038 The Mastercraftsmen of Palekh Miniatures Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 20 Sep 08-11 Jan
569 38,592 A David Small World Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 7 Mar-24 May
566 31,699 Poiret and Fortuny Metropolitan Teien Art Museum Tokyo 31 Jan-31 Mar
565 65,499 Hussein Chalayan Design Museum London 22 Jan-17 May
565 40,770 Art on Paper VIII: from Czanne to Lger Museo de Bellas Artes Bilbao 23 Mar-14 Jun
564 58,589 John Baldessari Legion of Honor San Francisco 11 Jul-8 Nov
562 56,714 Fantasy Uncoiled: Prints by CoBrA Artists Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 13 Sep 08-11 Jan
561 39,479 Giorgio Morandi 1890-1964 Museo dArte Moderna Bologna 22 Jan-13 Apr
560 78,709 Fragment to Vase Getty Villa Los Angeles 18 Dec 08-1 Jun
555 77,896 The Getty Commodus Getty Villa Los Angeles 18 Dec 08-1 Jun
553 18,723 Treasures of Tdaijis Omizutori Ritual Nara National Museum Nara 7 Feb-15 Mar
551 38,255 Wall Rockets Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo 24 Jul-25 Oct
550 40,149 Turner and Italy National Gallery Complex Edinburgh 27 Mar-7 Jun
549 47,800 The Art and Craft of Greene and Greene Renwick Gallery Washington 13 Mar-7 Jun
547 58,200 Jean Michel Basquiat: to Repel Ghosts Palazzo Ruspoli Rome 2 Oct 08-2 Feb
545 61,000 Chagall and the Russian Jewish Theatre Jewish Museum New York 9 Nov 08-22 Mar
545 101,452 Fashioning Felt/Shahzia Sikander Selects Cooper Hewitt New York 6 Mar-7 Sep
542 44,407 Per Kirkeby Tate Modern London 17 Jun-6 Sep
541 46,511 Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours Courtauld London 30 Oct 08-25 Jan
540 25,511 On the Trail of Texts Along the Silk Road Kyoto National Museum Kyoto 14 Jul-6 Sep
540 42,631 Lee Friedlander/Art and Power Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 1 Mar-31 May
540 47,000 Vanity Fair Portraits National Portrait Gallery Canberra 4 Jun-30 Aug
539 34,241 A Land of Myths: the Art of Gustave Moreau Museum of Fine Arts Budapest 19 Feb-3 May
539 39,820 Grand Scale: Monumental Prints Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 31 Jan-26 Apr
537 50,508 Hubbard/Birchler: No Room To Answer Modern Art Museum Fort Worth 14 Sep 08-4 Jan
532 71,152 Intervention #10: Tobias Putrih Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam 16 May-18 Oct
531 48,326 Pancho Guedes: Vitruvius Mozambicanus Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 18 May-16 Aug
530 45,035 Stanley William Hayter National Gallery of Art Washington 31 May-23 Aug
529 24,870 Indian Xianzai Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai 16 Jul-31 Aug
529 57,636 Cuba! Art and History from 1868 to Today Groninger Museum Groningen 17 May-20 Sep
529 44,235 The Brave Buffalo Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo 13 Feb-10 Jun
528 51,700 Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect Renwick Gallery Washington 3 Oct 08-11 Jan
527 37,827 Dan Graham: Beyond Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles 15 Feb-25 May
527 50,000 To The Ends of the Earth Peabody Essex Museum Salem 8 Nov 08-1 Mar
526 47,328 Roni Horn aka Roni Horn Tate Modern London 25 Feb -25 May
526 42,641 Treasures of the Black Death Wallace Collection London 19 Feb-10 May
525 21,732 Kahlo through the Lens of Nickolas Muray Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo 8 May-5 Jul
524 41,378 The Prints of Edvard Munch National Gallery of Ireland Dublin 19 Sep 08-6 Dec
522 14,985 Domani: the Art of Tomorrow National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 13 Dec 08-26 Jan
522 48,863 Tomas Saraceno: Lighter than Air Walker Art Center Minneapolis 14 May-30 Aug
518 35,000 Stephan Balkenhol Deichtorhallen Hamburg Hamburg 13 Nov 08-1 Feb
517 42,947 Tarsila do Amaral Fundacon Juan March Madrid 6 Feb-3 May
516 38,096 Brazil Contemporary Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam 30 May-23 Aug
515 97,251 Bruegel to Rubens The Queens Gallery London 17 Oct 08-26 Apr-
514 76,072 Italics: Italian Art, 1968-2008 Palazzo Grassi Venice 27 Sep 08-22 Mar
512 33,452 The Heritage of the Holy Land Museum of Fine Arts Budapest 23 Jun-6 Sep
511 30,725 Joaquim Mir: Anthology (1873-1940) Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao Bilbao 18 May-26 Jul
507 17,022 Rock, Paper, Scissors Kunsthaus Graz Graz 26 Jun-3 Aug
506 36,507 Novecentismo and the Avant-garde Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao Bilbao 2 Mar-24 May
504 23,200 Antony Gormleys Domain Field Garage Centre Moscow 16 Jul-30 Aug
503 55,658 Venus Nagoya/Boston Museum Nagoya 18 Jul-23 Nov
502 40,115 Goya, Redon, Ensor: Grotesque Paintings Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp 14 Mar-14 Jun
500 39,504 Surrealism and Beyond in the Israel Museum Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati 15 Feb-17 May
497 19,874 History of Russian Video Art: Volume 2 Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow 25 Mar-3 May
496 43,438 Expanding Horizons Museum of Fine Arts Montreal 18 Jun-27 Sep
495 67,757 Henry VIII: Man and Monarch British Library London 23 Apr-6 Sep
494 8,545 The Summer Art Cadets Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 28 Aug-16 Sep
493 60,686 Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Design Museum London 12 Feb-14 Jun
493 27,632 BESphoto: Fifth Edition Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 23 Mar-17 May
492 52,731 Peng Hung-Chih: God Pound Muse Guimet Paris 17 Jun-19 Oct
491 55,240 The God of Colours Liebieghaus Sculpture Collection Frankfurt 8 Oct-15 Feb
489 65,426 The Quick and the Dead Walker Art Center Minneapolis 25 Apr-27 Sep
488 66,869 Garden and Cosmos British Museum London 28 May-11 Oct
486 49,116 Ben Nicholson/Luke Frost/Bernard Leach Tate St Ives St Ives 24 Jan-4 May
485 43,438 Expanding Horizons Muse National des Beaux-arts Montreal 18 Jun-27 Sep
484 50,220 Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton Walker Art Center Minneapolis 14 Feb-14 Jun
482 37,826 Cummins Wide Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo 23 Jan-10 May
480 32,175 Future Depends on You Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow 28 May-2 Aug
474 15,168 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art Russian Academy of Arts Moscow 22 Sep-25 Oct
469 4,891 Brat Albert Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 1 Dec-12 Dec
468 47,291 A Story of Photograph LACMA Los Angeles 5 Oct-1 Feb
467 55,501 The Many Faces of David Diaz Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 4 Oct-22 Feb
467 48,534 Wood Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 24 Jan-24 May
466 42,780 Rivoluzione! Kunsthaus Zrich Zrich 26 Sep-11 Jan
466 63,337 Edward Hopper Kunsthalle Wien Vienna 3 Oct-15 Feb
463 43,966 Beyond Bloomsbury Courtauld London 18 Jun-20 Sep
463 35,000 T2 Torino Triennale Tremusei Fondazione Re Rebaudengo Rovereto 6 Nov-1 Feb
463 35,000 T2 Torino Triennale Tremusei Promotrice delle Belle Arti Venice 6 Nov-1 Feb
461 29,060 Abstraction and Empathy Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin 15 Aug-16 Oct
454 33,171 Close Up The Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh 24 Oct-11 Jan
453 18,303 Not Toys The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow 23 Sep-8 Nov
450 16,910 Visual Leader Deichtorhallen Hamburg Hamburg 12 Mar-26 Apr
449 44,682 Spy Numbers Palais de Tokyo Paris 28 May-20 Sep
447 36,115 The Making of Art Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 29 May-30 Aug
446 36,357 E.W. Nay: Works from the 1960s Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 22 Jan-26 Apr
446 30,321 William Kentridge: Five Themes Modern Art Museum Fort Worth 12 Jul-27 Sep
445 25,625 George Tooker: A Retrospective Pennsylvania Academy Philadelphia 29 Jan-5 Apr
444 27,388 Doug Aitken Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis 27 Jun-7 Sep
442 48,219 Gay Icons National Portrait Gallery London 2 Jul-18 Oct
440 35,124 Sentimental Journey: Alfred Jacob Miller Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 7 Feb-10 May
437 104,967 Artists Rooms National Gallery Complex Edinburgh 14 Mar-8 Nov
436 53,190 Elmgreen & Dragset, Nez, Roestorpff MUSAC Leon 31 Jan-21 Jun
435 13,495 Rough Cut Nation National Gallery Complex Edinburgh 1 Aug-31 Aug
433 65,009 Scapigliatura Palazzo Reale Milan 26 Jun-22 Nov
431 49,555 Splendor and Elegance Museum of Fine Arts Boston 22 Jan-17 May
429 32,750 Tapio Wirkkala/Art & Language Espoo Museum of Modern Art Espoo 14 Oct-10 Jan
429 43,372 French Impressionists Lady Lever Art Gallery Liverpool 20 Feb-31 May
429 34,429 Saenredam Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid 11 Nov-15 Feb
426 41,154 Gandhara Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Bonn 21 Nov-15 Mar
426 32,899 Chu Teh-Chun and the Manufacture of Svres Muse Guimet Paris 10 Jun-7 Sep
426 54,098 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale State Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki 24 May-27 Sep
424 51,705 Dirt on Delight: Impulses that Form Clay Walker Art Center Minneapolis 11 Jul-29 Nov
423 42,734 Invasion of Sound: Music and the Visual Arts Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 6 Apr-2 Aug
422 22,844 20 Years of Photography, Gazeta Wyborcza Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 11 May-12 Jul
418 34,110 Art and Love in Renaissance Italy Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth 12 Mar-14 Jun
417 32,810 Andreas Gursky National Gallery Victoria Melbourne 21 Nov-22 Feb
416 62,694 A Changing Ratio Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles 1 Mar-28 Sep
415 18,246 Dieter Rams & Ergonimocs Design Museum London 18 Nov-31 Dec
413 26,824 Claire Barclay Openwide The Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh 7 Feb-12 Apr
413 31,948 Artists from the Russian Empire The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow 16 Jun-13 Sep
413 23,115 Ral Perez Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 16 Feb-12 Apr
410 38,727 Armour & Evening Dress Museum Tinguely Basel 13 May-30 Aug
410 23,271 The Glory of Four Centuries Past, Revived Nagoya/Boston Museum Nagoya 19 Sep-23 Nov
409 23,506 Chinetik: a Littmann Project Museum Tinguely Basel 11 Feb-19 Apr
409 40,507 Jaromir Funke and the Amateur Avant Garde National Gallery of Art Washington, DC 3 May-9 Aug
407 27,951 Hot Spots Kunsthaus Zrich Zrich 13 Feb-3 May
406 36,856 Robert Franks The Americans Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles 14 Jun-19 Oct
406 30,043 Intuition and Structure Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 4 Dec-15 Feb
406 32,471 Whistler Lady Lever Art Gallery Liverpool 3 Jul-20 Sep
405 25,696 SCAPA Memories: a Collection Museum Tinguely Basel 4 Feb-19 Apr
405 128,000 For Your Eyes Only: Ian Flemming and Bond Imperial War Museum London 17 Apr-1 Mar
403 49,983 Mariscal & Kaplickly Design Museum London 1 Jul-1 Nov
402 8,035 Vanessa Beecroft VB65 Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea Milan 17 Mar-5 Apr
400 40,819 Constable Portraits National Portrait Gallery London 5 Mar-14 Jun
399 29,489 Isnt It Great to Be An Artist? Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati 31 Jan-26 Apr
397 27,653 Jimmy Durham Muse dArt Moderne de la Ville Paris 30 Jan-12 Apr
396 15,146 The Fifth Floor: Ideas Taking Space Tate Liverpool Liverpool 16 Dec-1 Feb
395 28,463 David Chipperfield Design Museum London 21 Oct-31 Dec
394 24,452 Anish Kapoor: Memory Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin 30 Nov-1 Feb
393 66,467 Heaven on Earth National Gallery of Art Washington, DC 1 Mar-16 Aug
393 54,986 In-Finitum Museo Fortuny Venice 6 Jun-15 Nov
386 47,922 Super Contemporary Design Museum London 3 Jun-4 Oct
386 81,003 Etude to Art Object Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow 9 Feb-6 Sep
385 19,196 V. Vatagin 125 Anniversary The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow 20 Dec-15 Feb
385 16,020 Re:action Museum of Art, Lodz Lodz 2 Apr-24 May
384 55,053 Living Line: the Subhash Kapoor Gift Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 25 Mar-7 Sep
381 13,994 Disco Zacheta Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 12 Dec-25 Jan
379 20,188 The Light: Matsumoto Yoko and Noguchi Rika National Art Center Tokyo Tokyo 19 Aug-19 Oct
379 29,153 The Islanders: an Introduction Charles Avery National Gallery Complex Edinburgh 29 Nov-15 Feb
379 33,000 Jean Dubuffet Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung Munich 19 Jun-13 Sep
378 18,847 Marcel Maeyer Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp 3 Oct-29 Nov
378 37,040 Samurai Palazzo Reale Milan 25 Feb-2 Jun
377 19,119 Candice Breitz: Same Same The Power Plant Toronto 18 Sep-15 Nov
376 61,609 House Proud: the Thaw Collection Cooper Hewitt New York 12 Aug-25 Jan
376 51,089 Spirit of the Water Palazzo Reale Milan 29 Nov-13 Apr
374 31,429 The Splendor of the Renaisance in Aragn Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao Bilbao 15 Jun-20 Sep
373 29,776 Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life The Phillips Collection Washington, DC21 Feb-24 May
372 21,126 Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures Galerie Rudolfinium Prague 30 Jan-5 Apr
372 18,514 Jacek Malczewski 1854-1929 National Museum Krahow Krakow 27 Mar-24 May
371 4,506 Contrast and Symmetry Castel Nuovo Naples 7 Nov-20 Nov
366 29,262 Heimo Zobernig Muse dArt Contemporain, CAPC Bordeaux 16 May-16 Aug
366 19,031 The Enlightenments National Gallery Complex Edinburgh 7 Aug-27 Sep
366 9,469 Elio Marino Castel Nuovo Naples 29 Apr-28 May
366 6,005 Antonella Raio Castel Nuovo Naples 10 Sep-28 Sep
366 30,515 Action/Abstraction Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo 13 Feb-14 Jun
365 63,107 Francis Alys: Fabiola LACMA Los Angeles 7 Sep-29 Mar
365 4,120 La Napoli di Maurizio Valenzi Castel Nuovo Naples 16 Nov-28 Nov
364 31,840 Opera Rock /Jean-Luc Blanc Muse dArt Contemporain, CAPC Bordeaux 5 Mar-14 Jun
364 37,368 Carlos Cruz-Diez Museu Fundacon Juan March Palma 25 Feb-27 Jun
363 31,170 Heimo Zobernig and the Tate Collection Tate St Ives St Ives 4 Oct-11 Jan
362 22,715 Orientalisms Influence The National Museum in Warsaw Warsaw 17 Oct-4 Jan
362 26,377 Paint Made Flesh The Phillips Collection Washington, DC20 Jun-13 Sep
362 7,600 Tanatos Banionis; Divine Wind Russian Academy of Arts Moscow 2 Mar-22 Mar
361 65,734 Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for China Cooper Hewitt New York 3 Oct-5 Apr
361 65,734 Wall Stories: Childrens Wallpaper and Books Cooper Hewitt New York 3 Oct-5 Apr
360 11,363 Good Expectations Deichtorhallen Hamburg Hamburg 22 Jan-1 Mar
359 27,913 Alberto Burri Triennale di Milano Milan 7 Nov-8 Feb
358 34,038 Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence Courtauld London 12 Feb-17 May
358 6,502 Giuliana Mariniello Castel Nuovo Naples 6 Mar-26 Mar
357 42,811 Merging Emerging Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai 3 Mar-30 Jun
355 54,701 Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions Cooper Hewitt New York 12 Sep-15 Feb
352 12,309 Workshop 2009: My Love, My Friends Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow 29 Jun-2 Aug
352 29,433 Arabia Design Museum Helsinki 17 Oct-25 Jan
352 37,298 John Moores 25 Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 18 Sep-4 Jan
352 25,122 Paolo Veronese: the Petrobelli Altarpiece Dulwich Picture Gallery London 10 Feb-3 May
351 23,211 Theater in the Work of Artists,1920s-30s The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow 24 Dec-10 Mar
351 28,932 Enzo Mari: Artist and Designer GAM Turin 29 Oct-1 Feb
350 26,919 Rubens Revealed: the Adoration of the Magi Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp 29 Nov-1 Mar
346 12,500 Lodz Kaliska Group Centre for Contemporary Art Warsaw 19 Jan-1 Mar
345 10,680 How Do You DoMoscow? Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow 21 Aug-20 Sep
344 14,418 Up Against the Wall Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 6 Dec-25 Jan
342 36,069 Picasso: Graphic Works Museu Fundacon Juan March Palma 15 Jul-22 Nov
341 21,509 Couples in Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai 22 Dec-22 Feb
341 37,084 Herbert Brandl/Cecily Brown Deichtorhallen Hamburg Hamburg 24 Apr-30 Aug
341 12,927 On-Matsuri and the Sacred Art of Kasuga Nara National Museum Nara 6 Dec-18 Jan
340 24,491 Imi Knoebel: Enduros/Ich Nicht Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin 23 May-2 Aug
339 53,209 Darwins Expressions Natural History Museum London 26 Jun-29 Nov
339 47,559 Reconstructing Identity Getty Villa Los Angeles 18 Dec-1 Jun
337 28,923 Journeys East Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumBoston 21 Feb-31 May
335 23,446 Mikael Levin: Cristinas History Museu Coleco Berardo Lisbon 31 Aug-8 Nov
332 26,784 Michelangelo: Drawings and Attributions Stadel Museum Frankfurt 6 Mar-7 Jun
332 14,000 Isaac Julien, Western Union: Small Boats Centre for Contemporary Art Warsaw 27 Apr-14 Jun
329 28,514 IAO Psychedelic explorations in France Muse dArt Contemporain, CAPC Bordeaux 28 Nov-8 Mar
328 32,067 Michael Raedecker GEM The Hague 11 Jul-1 Nov
328 9,901 Bruno Starita Castel Nuovo Naples 23 Apr-27 May
328 18,867 Mario Giacomelli Forma Milan 15 Jan-22 Mar
327 29,774 Collecting History: Recent Acquisitions Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles 12 Jul-15 Nov
325 30,200 Thomas Roberts, 1748-77 National Gallery of Ireland Dublin 28 Mar-28 Jun
324 25,559 Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India Moscow Kremlin Museum Moscow 20 Feb-22 May
324 24,736 Katharina Fritsch Kunsthaus Zrich Zrich 3 Jun-30 Aug
324 3,102 Giovanna Stefanelli Castel Nuovo Naples 23 Nov-3 Dec
322 27,992 Cecil Beaton/New Radicals Walker Art Gallery Liverpool 26 Jun-20 Sep
322 6,120 Cristophe Mourey Castel Nuovo Naples 9 Oct-30 Oct
320 28,554 Where Are The Fairies Gone? Muse dArt Contemporain, CAPC Bordeaux 19 Sep-31 Dec
319 43,415 Skyscraper Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 6 Jun-12 Nov
314 29,375 European Design: shaping the New Century Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis 5 Mar-21 Jun
312 23,546 Elizabeth Osborne: The Color of Light Pennsylvania Academy Philadelphia 25 Jun-20 Sep
309 22,830 Outside the Ordinary Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati 20 Jun-13 Sep
307 15,030 The Fifth Dimension Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai 17 Oct-4 Dec
306 34,120 Glenn Brown Fondazione Re Rebaudengo Rovereto 28 May-4 Oct
305 22,551 Sleeping Beauty Gemeentemuseum The Hague 4 Jul-27 Sep
305 45,700 Fashion V Sport Victoria and Albert Museum London 5 Aug-4 Jan
304 1,781 Courage Deichtorhallen Hamburg Hamburg 8 Feb-16 Feb
303 10,296 Claudia Rogge: a Retrospective Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow 15 May-17 Jun
303 81,773 Henri Matisse and the French Riviera Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 13 Dec-25 Oct
301 27,933 Edvard Munch: Prints in the Stdel Museum Stadel Museum Frankfurt 3 Jul-18 Oct
300 20,600 Yesterdays Tomorrow Is Not Today Fundaao Serralves Porto 3 Jul-20 Sep
295 26,232 Total Illustration Fundacon Juan March Madrid 10 Oct-11 Jan
294 25,411 Hard Targets: Masculinity and Sport LACMA Los Angeles 9 Oct-19 Jan
293 24,888 Futuroma Futurist Macro Future Rome 20 Feb-16 May
291 28,129 Ryijy! Design Museum Helsinki 5 Jun-27 Sep
291 6,022 Roger Peeraerts Castel Nuovo Naples 5 Feb-28 Feb
288 3,002 Mary Samele Castel Nuovo Naples 21 Nov-2 Dec
287 25,000 Sicily 1968/2008: The Spirit of Time Riso Museo darte contemporanea Genoa 21 Feb-31 May
282 15,675 Marek Piasecki: Fragile Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 27 Nov-1 Feb
281 13,434 Le Siecle Franais National Museum Warsaw Warsaw 28 Feb-26 Apr
281 10,407 Running Time National Gallery Complex Edinburgh 17 Oct-22 Nov
281 19,322 Mara Eggert: Theatre of Images Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Bonn 17 Jul-4 Oct
281 49,080 Shopping in Paris: French Fashion 1850-1925 Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 11 Apr-1 Nov
280 13,917 Views Zacheta National Gallery of Art Warsaw 18 Sep-15 Nov
279 25,092 Life? Biomorpic Forms in Sculpture Kunsthaus Graz Graz 27 Sep-11 Jan
278 9,724 Irina Korina: Installations Moscow Museum of Modern Art Moscow 3 Feb-9 Mar
278 42,544 The Art of Flying: Melchior dHondecoeter Rijksmuseum Schiphol Amsterdam 27 May-26 Oct
277 37,616 Indian Highway Astrup Fearnley Museum Oslo 2 Apr-6 Sep
276 20,402 Man Ray Museum of Photography The Hague 24 Jan-19 Apr
276 15,462 Gerhard Richter National Gallery Complex Edinburgh 8 Nov-4 Jan
276 23,597 Herbert Tobias/Wolfgang Zurborn Deichtorhallen Hamburg Hamburg 7 May-16 Aug
274 19,999 Sin and Salvation Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis 14 Jun-6 Sep
274 35,054 Pompeo Batoni 1708-87 Palazzo Ducale Lucca 6 Dec-3 May
273 7,724 Jam Session: American Jam National Museum Krahow Krakow 4 Aug-6 Sep
270 18,767 Spectacle: Photographs from the Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 18 Jun-7 Sep
268 2,684 Premiums Royal Academy of Arts London 20 Feb-1 Mar
268 6,022 Geometric Art Castel Nuovo Naples 3 Feb-28 Feb
268 40,012 Lucio Fontana: Light and Colour Palazzo Ducale Genoa 22 Oct-13 Apr
265 21,839 American Dream National Museum Krahow Krakow 1 Jul-5 Oct
264 17,916 Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati 20 Jun-6 Sep
263 5,220 Rino Volpe: Baudelairian Correspondences Castel Nuovo Naples 8 Jun-30 Jun
261 21,254 Su-Mei Tse: Floating Memories Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumBoston 16 Jul-18 Oct
259 5,803 Mario Apuzzo: Archeologie del sogno Castel Nuovo Naples 5 Oct-30 Oct
256 20,315 The Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumBoston 16 Oct-19 Jan
254 21,368 Free Imperial City of Augsburg Moscow Kremlin Museum Moscow 17 Jun-22 Sep
254 21,805 Hans Heysen Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide 14 Nov-8 Feb
249 9,000 The Distribution of Avant-garde Centre for Contemporary Art Warsaw 10 Aug-20 Sep
248 16,800 Enzo Cucchi/Santeri Tuori Espoo Museum of Modern Art Espoo 28 Feb-17 May
248 29,000 Czech Photography of the 20th Century Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Bonn 13 Mar-26 Jul
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