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Gormley exhibition a great hit with families

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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