Vancouver Art Gallery Sets New Attendance Record: Nearly 100,000 Visitors
The 17 days of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games were the most highly attended in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s history. With line-ups that wrapped around Robson Square , the Gallery welcomed more than 95,000 visitors through its doors between February 12 and 28.
“From Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man to Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual, a massive two-floor survey of works from our permanent collection showcasing significant British Columbia art and artists of the past century, these numbers verify that we hit the mark with our dynamic and ambitious program,” said Kathleen Bartels, director of the Vancouver Art Gallery . “Culture was at the heart of these Olympic Games, and, now more than ever, Vancouver is seen as an international art centre. This success serves as a catalyst to create a more significant and expanded facility for showcasing the more than 10,000 works in our collection, as well as the major international exhibitions that the Gallery continues to bring to this region.”
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