The Top 5 Most Popular Photography Exhibitions in the World 2012

  Exhibition Title
(name of artist)
Daily Visits Total Visits Venue
1 Little Black Jacket
(by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld)
6,716 161,176 Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2 Cindy Sherman
(by Cindy Sherman)
5,660 605,586 Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
3 Out Of Focus: Photography
(by various artists)
4,996 539,596 Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
4 New Photography 2011
(by various artists)
4,136 450,803 Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
5 Rineke Dijkstra: a Retrospective
(by Rineke Dijkstra)
3,640 318,718 Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
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Sources:  The Art Newspaper Section 2 Number 245, April 2013

List Notes: Data is the top 5 most visited art exhibitions for the year 2012. All figures were calculated automatically by computing 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 exceptional closures. Some exhibitions on this list were free to attend.
Most Popular Photography Exhibitions in the World 2012

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