2 the number of bedrooms in über art collector Jon Shirley’s 2,500 square meter house in Seattle
3.9 the difference in billions of dollars between the appraisals of the collection of the Detroit Institute of Art by its two official valuers
18 the number in thousands of dollars a day lost by the National Gallery in London when it limited visitors to its Leonardo da Vinci exhibition
19 the number of cities in 11 countries that have had Florentijn Hofman's giant rubber ducky float on one of their waterways
38 the number of labels throughout the Louvre in thousands
92 the number in millions of visitors to the Metropolitan Museum's Facebook page each year
119 the number of works that will remain in New York artist Andres Serrano’s exhibition in Corsica if the Catholic organisation Cristiani Corsi have their way and his 1987 work Piss Christ is removed
178 the number of countries that placed pre-orders for Finnish stamps featuring images by artist Touko Laaksonen better known as Tom of Finland.
287 the number of full page ads in the September edition of Artforum
720 the amount in millions of dollars the auction house Sotheby’s has put aside to guarantee items in their sales
