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# Sum of the Arts
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/sum-of-the-arts-16/
- Published: 2015-06-26T11:03:47.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:43:17.000Z
- Description: Percentage of 40,000 museum visitors surveyed in 2010 who enjoyed guided tours = 31
- 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)

![John Singer Sargent's unfinished portrait of Italian actress Eleonora Duse (1893), oil on canvas (Herta and Paul Amir Collection, via Wikimedia)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2015/06/ladusaportrait.jpg)

John Singer Sargent’s unfinished portrait of Italian actress Eleonora Duse (1893), oil on canvas (Herta and Paul Amir Collection, via Wikimedia)

*Inspired by the Harper’s Index,* [*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.*

- Minutes actress Eleonora Duse [tolerated sitting for a portrait](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-25/the-surprisingly-risque-world-of-society-painter-john-singer-sargent?ref=hyperallergic.com) by John Singer Sargent in 1893 = **55**
- Tons of confiscated ivory art [crushed](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/06/19/this-is-why-the-government-just-crushed-a-ton-of-ivory-in-times-square/?ref=hyperallergic.com) by US officials in Times Square = **1**
- Number of days it will take 3,000 gallons of polluted NYC water [to be purified](http://www.dezeen.com/2015/06/24/andres-jaque-giant-water-purifier-moma-ps1-courtyard-new-york-yap/?ref=hyperallergic.com) in Spanish architect Andrés Jaque’s installation at MoMA PS1 = **4**
- American dollars paid for a New Zealand giant squid [to clear customs and enter the collections](http://www.amnh.org/shelf-life/shelf-life-08-the-voyage-of-the-giant-squid?ref=hyperallergic.com) of the American Museum of Natural History = **10**
- Percentage of 40,000 museum visitors [surveyed in 2010](http://www.wsj.com/articles/museums-seek-greater-control-of-docents-1435166404?ref=hyperallergic.com) who enjoyed guided tours = **31**
- Length in feet of [a traditional Inca bridge](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/inca-rope-bridge-built-span-national-mall-washington-dc-180955609/?ref=hyperallergic.com) that will be woven from grass ropes by indigenous craftsmen on the National Mall = **60**
- Number of art dealers [who had booths](http://www.artnews.com/2015/06/20/how-much-has-art-basel-changed-since-the-year-2000/?ref=hyperallergic.com) at Art Basel in both 2000 and 2015 = **92**
- Weight in pounds of the eight-foot-tall bronze Ronald Reagan statue [unveiled](http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-ronald-reagan-statue-20150622-story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) at the California Capitol = **800**
- Gallons of water a day the Getty saves [by turning off its fountains](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-la-museums-cutting-back-on-water-20150615-story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) as part of California’s drought conservation = **2,500**
- Number of people [who witnessed the summer solstice](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/21/summer-solstice-23000-stonehenge?ref=hyperallergic.com) at Stonehenge = **23,000** (down from **36,000** in 2014)