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‘Turner to Monet’ exhibit sets attendance record for the Blanton
The Blanton Museum of Art set a new record with “Turner to Monet: Masterpieces from The Walters Art Museum,” the exhibit of 19th-century paintings which closed on Jan. 2.
Some 60,000 visitors saw the show of much-loved art by Monet, Degas, Pisarro and others, the museum reports. And more than 12,000 of those visitors came the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
The only week that Blanton had more visitors was when it opened its new building in 2006 and 22,000 people came during a seven day period. By comparasion, the museum’s second most popular exhibition, 2008’s “Birth of the Cool” saw 4,870 during its closing week.
Those Monet scarves and other Impressionist-imprinted merchandise sold well too.The Blanton also reports that its shop saw a 92 percent increase in sales over the same period last year.
Image: Claude Monet, “Springtime,” ca. 1872, oil on canvas, The Walters Art Museum.
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