— Cleaned-Up Caryatids Back at Acropolis: The Acropolis Museum’s five caryatid sculptures are back on view after a three-and a-half-year long cleaning that used a special laser process to return the blackened women to their ivory glory. Now the museum is trying to convince the British Museum to return the sixth caryatid in its collection. “It’s been 200 years,” said Dimitris Pantermalis, the president of the Acropolis Museum. “We think in the framework of the new museum, it’s possible to reunite our treasures.” [NYT]
— Kara Walker Visitors Total 130K: Kara Walker’s Domino factory installation, “A Subtlety,” just ended its two-month run and, according to Creative Time, the exhibition drew 130,000 visitors total. A whopping 20,000 people came to see piece on its last Saturday and Sunday. [WSJ]
— Matisse Painting Returns to Venezuela: Henri Matisse’s “Odalisque in Red Pants” was turned over to the Venezuelan police Monday after being stolen from the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas over 10 years ago. The artwork was recovered in Miami in 2o12 during an undercover FBI operation that led to the convictions of Marcuello Guzman and Maria Martha Eliza Ornelas. The painting has been valued at more than $3 million. [Art Daily]
— Buzzfeed Polls Art Critics on Terry Richardson: Buzzfeed asked seven leading photography and art critics, including Sebastian Smee, John Yau, and Paddy Johnson, whether Terry Richardson’s work qualifies as art photography. [Buzzfeed]
— Nahmad’s Prison Stint Starts: Helly Nahmad’s “month long, pre-prison party” has come to an end, and the art dealer has finally headed off to jail for running a $100 million international gambling ring. [PageSix]
— Hong Kong’s Ivory Show Protested: The Hong Kong Museum of Art is facing protests for its current exhibition of ivory and rhino horn artifacts. [South China Morning Post]
— Here’s ARTnews’s annual list of the top 200 collectors. [ARTnews]
— Artsy founder Carter Cleveland has written an op-ed about how the Internet is the future of art (what else?). [WSJ]
— Christian Deydier has been fired from his position as president as the French association of antiques dealers. [TAN]
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