In 2006-7, 1.62 million people in Scotland attended an art exhibition, a rise from 1.13 million in 2002-3. Combined figures for attendance and participation showed a 5% increase over this period.
Annual Review 2006/7, Scottish Arts Council (SAC), 2007

During 2006-7 grants under Arts Council England's (ACE) Own Art scheme allowed 2,800 people to buy art works totalling £2.4 million in value.
Annual review 2007, ACE, 2007

In 2005, Antony Gormley's Angel of the North was being seen by 90,000 people a day and his Field had been seen by 570,443 people in 13 different venues over a nine year period.
REALISE your right to art, Hayward Gallery, 2005

The 2004 Liverpool Biennale involved 400 artists over 50 venues, 31 projects with 1500 participants, and 350,000 visitors.
REALISE your right to art, Hayward Gallery, 2005

In 2002-03, 99 ACE funded visual arts organisations were responsible for 8.3 million attendances.
REALISE your right to art, Hayward Gallery, 2005

The Arts Council review Arts in England 2003: attendance, participation and attitudes, reported 22% had been to an exhibition of art, photography or sculpture in the last year, compared to 19% in 2001.
REALISE your right to art, Hayward Gallery, 2005