1 The number of pavilions the Vatican is planning for the 2011 Venice Biennale
1.04 The number of US dollars in millions embezzled by the former financial director of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
13 The estimated amount in billions of US dollars lost to the art market in the last 12 months
3,300 The number of Hong Kong students it took to make the world’s largest recorded finger painting
375,000 The number of people who visited this year’s Venice Biennale
17,500,000 The purchase cost in US dollars per Elvis in the sale of Andy Warhol’s 1963 painting Eight Elvises
184,000,000 The estimated value in US dollars of Madonna’s art collection in 2008
Image: Early concept sketch for Vatican pavilion
sources: Economist, Times, NYT, Artforum, Artfino
