Is Christo the most visited of 2016

Christo ’s Floating Piers (which we have covered here and here) have won the world title as the most visited art event of the year according to a ranking compiled by The Art Newspaper, published today in the online version of the well-known art magazine. On the strength of 75,000 visitors per day for 1,200,000 total attendance, the floating platforms hoist themselves to the top spot in the special ranking by outperforming the2016 Art Prize held in Grand Rapids, Mich. (26.710 visitors per day, 507,491 total) and the Oliafur Eliasson exhibition in Versailles, which can, however, boast the title of the most visited exhibition of the year (22,809 visitors per day, 2,857,601 total). The top 15 includes another Italian event: it is the exhibition Glances on the Twentieth Century. Drawings by Italian Artists between the two wars at the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe of the Uffizi, which according to the ranking reportedly marked 7,887 visitors per day (893,450 total). It should be reiterated, however, that in many cases (such as that of the Uffizi) the inclusion of the exhibition in the museum’s tour itinerary played in its favor.

This is the complete ranking (location. event / location / visitors per day / total visitors / period):

Source: The Art Newspaper

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Is Christo the most visited of 2016

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