Tuesday, February 15, 2011

By the numbers

0          The percentage of women awarded the $50,000 value Arts Foundation Laureates in the last round

2.37     The percentage increase in annual funding allocated by CNZ in the 2009/10 financial year

3          The number of pianos in Michael Parekowhai’s Venice Biennale installation

2.3      The inflation rate for the year ended 2009

17        The number of days the 1972 Colin McCahon: a survey exhibition was on show in Wellington

12       The number of staff who report to the Senior Curator Art at Te Papa

6.6     The percentage of the $16.7 million dollars recurrent funding distributed by CNZ allocated  to the visual arts in the 2011 round.

15       The number of women among the 54 artists awarded Arts Foundation Laureates to date

24      The number of teaching staff at the University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts

86      The number of days Crown Lynn: crockery of distinction is on show at the City Gallery

351    The number of artworks gifted by Max Gimblett to public art museums in Brisbane, Auckland and Christchurch