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# Sum of the Arts
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/sum-of-the-arts-14/
- Published: 2015-06-12T11:01:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:43:19.000Z
- Description: Years Robert Cornelius, who is considered to have photographed the first self-portrait in 1839, ran a photo studio before returning to the lamp-making business = 2
- Author: Allison Meier
- Tags: Art, Sum of the Arts, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:08 (2014, 2015, part 2)

![Self-portrait by Robert Cornelius (1839), considered the first photographic self-portrait created (via Library of Congress)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/06/robertcorneliusportrait.jpg)

Self-portrait by Robert Cornelius (1839), considered the first photographic self-portrait created (via Library of Congress)

*Inspired by the* [*Harper’s Index*](http://harpers.org/departments/harpers-index/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*,* [*Sum of the Arts*](http://hyperallergic.com/tag/sum-of-the-arts/) *is a periodic tabulation of numbers floating around the art world and beyond.*

- Years Robert Cornelius, who is considered to have [photographed the first self-portrait](http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri023.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) in 1839, [ran a photo studio](http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/tour-through-storage-brings-innovator-light?ref=hyperallergic.com) before returning to the lamp-making business = **2**
- Percentage of art sold at the four major contemporary art auctions in May that was [created by women](http://www.artnews.com/2015/05/30/art-by-women-at-auction/?ref=hyperallergic.com) \= **2.9**
- Number of cake slices from British royal weddings, dating back to 1973, [going to auction](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-decades-old-slices-cake-180955527/?no-ist&ref=hyperallergic.com) \= **5** (they come with a “not suitable for consumption” warning)
- Number of official city archaeologists [employed in the United States](http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/2015/06/03/boston-one-few-cities-with-its-own-archeologist/fS7pEdWuc7MB6dn8eKielJ/story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) \= **10** (Boston has one)
- Feet below Birmingham, England, that British artist Roger Hiorns [plans to bury](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-33090443?ref=hyperallergic.com) an entire Boeing 737 = **23**
- Number of paintings by self-taught Bronx artist Sam Steinberg [accidentally tossed in the trash compactor](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/nyregion/outsiders-art-is-saluted-at-columbia-then-lost-anew.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) after an exhibition this year at Columbia University = **60**
- Number of homes in a year Amazon’s [planned 80 megawatt solar farm](http://gizmodo.com/amazons-building-a-solar-farm-in-virginia-to-green-its-1710563957?ref=hyperallergic.com), which will be used for its data centers, could power = **15,000**
- Total square footage of [Gagosian gallery space](http://www.theartnewspaper.com/market/art-market-news/156698/?ref=hyperallergic.com) around the world = ‪**172,163** (\~15,995 sq. meters)
- Estimated cost in US dollars[ to rebuild the triumphal arch entrance](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11638975/Massive-triumphal-marble-arch-built-by-Romans-to-honour-Emperor-Titus-discovered.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) to Rome’s Circus Maximus = **1,124,000**
- Number of annual visitors the Louvre [will be able to accommodate](http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/05/euro-rate-american-tourists-europe-holiday?ref=hyperallergic.com) following its current renovation = **14,000,000** (last year [it received](http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy-1/tourism/events-7876/article/the-louvre-the-most-visited-museum?ref=hyperallergic.com) **9,300,000** visitors)