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Gormley exhibition a great hit with families
Louise Jury, Evening Standard11 Jul 2007
The Antony Gormley exhibition at the Hayward Gallery looks set to become the most popular show there in 15 years.
More than 100,000 people have visited Antony Gormley: Blind Light since it opened in mid-May. It is particularly attractive to families with 4,000 children under the age of 12 visiting.
With five weeks left to run, staff are confident the show should match the attendance figure of nearly 160,000 for the gallery's 1992 blockbuster exhibition on Surrealist René Magritte.
The most popular exhibition in the Hayward's 39-year history focused on the work of the Impressionist Renoir and attracted 364,000 people in 1985.
Antony Gormley: Blind Light runs until 19 August.
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The best thing we've done in ages! Would recommend arriving early though.
- Cait, Hitchin, England, 30/07/2007 09:44
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Of course it's popular with families - most theme parks are.
- Jonny Standfield, Wessex, 12/07/2007 23:11
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We hope to go when we get back from holiday. Dear me! Will we have to queue up for ages?
- Carlyle Braden, Croydon, UK, 12/07/2007 05:26
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