Friday, June 06, 2014

By the numbers

0         the number of speeches the Minister of Culture and Heritage has made so far this election year

1.6      the percentage of dealer galleries from New Zealand in the total number at Art Basel Hong Kong


3.5      the number of years since Te Papa last had a senior curator of art


6         the number in thousands of dollars of the average Boosted grant over the programme's first year


10       the number in millions of dollars the Government wants spent on new public art on the banks of the Avon River ,while simultaneously announcing it won't pay for it


15       the amount in dollars charged as the entry fee for adults visiting the MTG Hawkes Bay (formerly the Hawke's Bay Museum & Art Gallery)


17       the number in millions of dollars that the Ministry of Culture and Heritage is spending on the celebration of World War One


21       the number of reviews John Hurrell has written for EyeContact in the last two months


47.43   the number in thousands of dollars being spent by the new director of the Govett-Brewster Simon Rees on his first submission of contemporary art acquisitions to the City Council


130      the average number of dollars donated by individual contributors to Boosted in its first year 


213      the number of days community leaders, museum and art experts and iwi and cultural representatives have left to prepare a business case for Te Papa North