The Salt Lake Tribune
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
UMFA cashing in
Monet means money for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

The museum's first blockbuster exhibit, "From Monet to Picasso," has been bringing in an average of 520 people a day, museum officials tell the Tribune's Julie Checkoway. And foot traffic has increased since the exhibit opened last month - with 614 people a day visiting last week.

That figure is nearly on track to hit the museum's goal of 50,000 visitors for the exhibit's 12-week run. The number of new museum members is also up sharply.

The exhibit runs through Sept. 21.

(Pictured: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). The Red Kerchief: Portrait of Mrs. Monet (La capeline rouge, portrait de Madame Monet), 1868–78. Oil on fabric; 99 x 79.8 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1958.39. Copyright: The Cleveland Museum of Art.)

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