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Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Drum and trumpet with human skulls attached complicate plan for restitution from Los Angeles to Ghana https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/20/drum-and-trumpet-with-human-skulls-attached-complicate-plan-for-restitution-from-los-angeles-to-ghana V&A East Launches With a Fresh Len...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Ruins of a ‘Unique‘ Temple Complex Discovered in Northern Sinai https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unique-2nd-century-bc-temple-discovered-northern-sinai-1234781825/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. What Not to Miss at the San Francisco Art Fair, According to Curator Mara Gladstone https://news.artnet.com/art-world/curator-mara-gladstone-san-francisco-art-fair-2766248 Sotheby’s Debt, Delays, and the Drahi Playbook https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-debt-delays-2766303 Theres...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Museum openings: V&A East and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Plus, William Blake in Dublin—podcast https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/museum-openings-va-east-los-angeles-county-museum-art-plus-william-blake-dublin-podcast Zurich’s controversial Bührle Collection is rehu...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Sea change: inside LACMA’s new curatorial strategy https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/16/sea-change-inside-lacmas-new-curatorial-strategy Barcelona museum refuses to return Sijena murals to monastery https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/16/barcelona-museum-refuses-to-return-si...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Is Chinese Censorship Reaching Inside Britain’s Museums? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/va-catalogue-chinese-censorship-2765447 Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries reframe 6,000 years of history https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/15/los-angeles-county...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. France’s new restitution law passes final vote https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/14/frances-new-restitution-law-passes-final-vote FKA Twigs and Brian Eno among artists included in the Vatican's sound-based 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/14/...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Go Time! Gagosian Christens New Madison Avenue Space With Duchamp Readymades https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gagosian-duchamp-madison-ave-2764178 New Bienal de Yucatán to spotlight Mexican region’s growing art scene https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/13/bienal-yucatan-merida-me...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. What Germany’s Art Market Reveals About the Limits of Localism https://news.artnet.com/market/germany-art-market-local-2764206 Trump's Clash of Civilizations https://hyperallergic.com/trumps-clash-of-civilizations/ The Best Booths at Expo Chicago, From a 16th-Century Belgian Manuscrip...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Shoptalk: New Guggenheim Director Melissa Chiu on How She Got the Job https://news.artnet.com/market/melissa-chiu-interview-2761902 Getty Center will close for a year to undergo major renovations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/10/getty-center-to-undergo-major-renovations-clos...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Melissa Chiu leaving Hirshhorn to take over New York’s Guggenheim Museum https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/melissa-chiu-leaves-hirshhorn-to-take-over-new-yorks-guggenheim-museum London’s V&A launches webpage exploring provenance of its objects https://www.theartnewspaper....

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The art of technology jostles for position in venues both new and historic https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/08/digital-art-conservation-preservation-canyon-julia-stoschek-george-eastman-museum Are We Too Reverent of Marcel Duchamp? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marcel-ducha...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. $25 Million Modigliani Goes to Jewish Heir in Landmark Restitution Case https://news.artnet.com/art-world/judge-orders-david-nahmad-modigliani-restitution-2762342 Did the US Holocaust Memorial Museum self-censor to preempt Trump’s wrath? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/07/did-...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Judge rules dealer David Nahmad must return $30m Nazi-looted Modigliani https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/06/judge-rules-dealer-david-nahmad-must-return-nazi-looted-modigliani Closure of DePaul Art Museum leaves collection in limbo https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/06/depa...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Irreconcilable differences: Canadian cultural tourism to the US experiences a steep decline https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/06/canadian-cultural-tourism-united-states-decline-political-tensions Monumental 37ft-long Indian scroll goes on public view for the first time at Yale C...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Monumental Impact of Indian Miniature Painting https://news.artnet.com/art-world/aicon-indian-miniature-painting-2761587 11-Year Restitution Dispute Over Prized Modigliani Ends With Loss for Nahmad Family https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/modigliani-restitution-dispute-nahmad-...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Louvre’s new director is inheriting a troubled, traumatised museum—can he repair the damage? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/03/christophe-leribault-new-director-musee-louvre-inherits-traumatised-museum Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for $17.9 M., New Auction Record for In...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Vaccine billionaire buys $17.9m Raja Ravi Varma, setting new record for Indian painting at auction https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/02/vaccine-billionaire-buys-179m-raja-ravi-varma-setting-new-record-for-indian-painting-at-auction Stolen Van Gogh Back on View at Dutch Museum Af...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Bavaria restitutes Lesser Ury painting to the heirs of a Jewish banker https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/01/bavaria-restitutes-lesser-ury-painting-heirs-of-jewish-banker New York’s Jewish Museum opens Paul Klee exhibition without its centrepiece https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Germany to create council to oversee restitution of colonial-era acquisitions https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/31/germany-to-create-council-to-oversee-restitution-of-colonial-era-acquisitions Pinakothek in Munich Returns Nazi-Looted Painting by Lesser Ury to Jewish Heirs https:...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Thieves Snatch Renoir, Matisse, and Cézanne Works From Italian Museum https://news.artnet.com/art-world/magnani-rocca-foundation-heist-renoir-matisse-cezanne-2759844 Comment | A generational moment for Nazi-looted art claims in the US https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/30/leaders...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen—Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World https://news.artnet.com/market/labubu-movie-asia-pivot-state-of-play-2759234 The IFPDA Print Fair Returns to the Park Avenue Armory, Illuminating the Relationship Between Prints and Drawings htt...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Jean-Marc Bottazzi on why good collecting is not about 'ticking boxes' https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/29/jean-marc-botazzi-collecting Claire Tabouret’s Stained-Glass Windows for Notre-Dame Divide French Society, with a Legal Threat Looming https://www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Mumok’s New Director Plans to Make Museums Feel Alive Again https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mumok-2748214 Hidden Underground Railroad Passage Discovered at New York Museum Faces Development Threat https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-underground-railroad-merchants-museum-2...