Tate Modern's Damien Hirst retrospective was the most
visited solo show and second-most visited exhibition in the gallery's history,
it has revealed.
Hirst had
463,087 visitors, while 467,166 went to 2002's Matisse Picasso.
Almost 3,000
daily visitors saw the works of conceptual artist Hirst, beating Edward Hopper
(429,909) in 2004 and Paul Gauguin (420,686) in 2010-11.
Works by Hirst
on show included a shark suspended in formaldehyde.
The exhibition
was the first substantial survey of Hirst's work, spanning 20 years of his
career.
It also
featured In and Out of Love, a two-room installation involving live butterflies
and his diamond skull, titled For The Love Of God.
Chris Dercon,
the gallery's director, said: "We are delighted that so many people came
to see and discuss the Damien Hirst exhibition at Tate Modern.
"It was
wonderful to see such iconic works brought together in one place and to offer
our visitors a chance to experience them first-hand."
The
retrospective was open to the public from 4 April to 9 September as part of the
London 2012 Festival.
The festival,
billed as an "explosion of arts and creativity", ran alongside the
London 2012 Olympics.
Source:
BBC
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