The Top 5 Most Popular Impressionist and Modern Art Exhibitions in the World 2012

  Exhibition Title
(name of artist)
Daily Visits Total Visits Venue
1 De Kooning: a Retrospective
(Willem de Kooning)
6,218 696,362 Museum of Modern Art
(New York, USA)
2 Impressionism: Paris and Modernity
(various artists)
5,926 325,084 Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil
(São Paulo, Brazil)
3 Matisse: Pairs and Series
(Henri Matisse)
5,472 494,085 Centre Pompidou
(Paris, France)
4 Degas and the Nude
(Edgar Degas)
4,886 465,545 Musée d’Orsay
(Paris, France)
5 Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso... the Stein Family
(various artists)
4,814 515,071 Grand Palais
(Paris, France)
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Sources:  The Art Newspaper Section 2 Number 245, April 2013

List Notes: Data is the top 5 most visited modern and impressionist 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 Impressionist and Modern Art Exhibitions in the World 2012

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