Christo's Floating Piers tops 2016 most visited exhibitions list
Christo's The Floating Piers on Lake Iseo was the most visited temporary art event of 2016, attracting 1.5 million visitors in two weeks. The installation featured orange floating walkways. The Venice Architecture Biennale ranked second with 260,000 visitors, followed by Jan Fabre at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence with 254,000. Other top exhibitions include Dagli Impressionisti a Picasso at Palazzo Ducale in Genoa (250,000), Antonio Ligabue at Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo (210,000), Il Nilo a Pompei at Museo Egizio in Turin (186,819), Escher at Museo di Santa Caterina in Treviso (169,233), Egitto, splendore millenario at Museo Nazionale Archeologico in Bologna (163,976), Matisse e il suo tempo at Palazzo Chiablese in Turin (163,574), and David Bowie is at MAMbo in Bologna (130,511). The list was compiled by Ansa.
Key facts
- The Floating Piers by Christo attracted 1.5 million visitors in two weeks on Lake Iseo.
- Venice Architecture Biennale had 260,000 visitors.
- Jan Fabre exhibition at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence had 254,000 visitors.
- Dagli Impressionisti a Picasso at Palazzo Ducale in Genoa had 250,000 visitors.
- Antonio Ligabue at Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo had 210,000 visitors.
- Il Nilo a Pompei at Museo Egizio in Turin had 186,819 visitors.
- Escher at Museo di Santa Caterina in Treviso had 169,233 visitors.
- David Bowie is at MAMbo in Bologna had 130,511 visitors.
Entities
Artists
- Christo
- Jan Fabre
- Antonio Ligabue
- Maurits Cornelis Escher
- Henri Matisse
- David Bowie
Institutions
- Ansa
- Palazzo Vecchio
- Palazzo Ducale
- Palazzo dei Normanni
- Museo Egizio
- Museo di Santa Caterina
- Museo Nazionale Archeologico
- Palazzo Chiablese
- MAMbo
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
Locations
- Lago d'Iseo
- Italy
- Venezia
- Firenze
- Genova
- Palermo
- Torino
- Treviso
- Bologna