A record 5.3 million people visited Tate Modern in
London last year, up 9.5% on 2011, the gallery has said.
Numbers were
boosted by Damien Hirst's recent retrospective, which was the most visited solo
exhibition in the gallery's history.
Some 463,000
people went to the show, which ran from April - September, featuring Hirst's
famous shark suspended in formaldehyde.
Around 1.5
million people also visited Tate Britain, up 4.3% on 2011.
The Hirst show
was part of the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad
and the huge influx of visitors to London during the summer Olympics
undoubtedly helped boost figures.
Other openings
included Tino Sehgal's Turbine Hall installation which saw choreographed
performers mingle with the gallery's visitors, and an Edvard Munch exhibition.
The gallery's
underground oil tanks were also transformed into a permanent space for live art
performances.
"It has
been an extraordinary year at Tate Modern," Alex Beard, the gallery's
deputy director said.
"Opening
the world's first museum galleries permanently dedicated to exhibiting live
art, performance, installation and film works alongside an outstanding
exhibition programme has undoubtedly fuelled the increase in visitors."
Tate Britain's
visitor figures were helped by its the current Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian
Avant-Garde exhibition.
The gallery is
currently undergoing major refurbishment, to be completed this year.
Source: BBC
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