Heatwave Museums, Restitution Storms, and Market Mysteries

Restitution Reckonings and Museum Scandals Unravel

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. New York Investigators Return $600,000 Worth of Looted Art—and More Art Industry News https://news.artnet.com/market/paint-drippings-art-industry-news-jul-13-2787586 Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art Plans Bangkok Branch https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-of-old-and-new-art-bangkok-outpost-2787630 Ana Mendieta’s ‘Neolithic art’ recreated for major Tate Modern survey https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/13/ana-mendietas-neolithic-art-recreated-for-major-tate-modern-survey Nazi-Looted Painting Found Decades Ago Among Amsterdam’s Street Trash Will Be Returned to Jewish Dealer’s Heirs https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nazi-looted-painting-jacques-goudstikker-returned-1234792013/ High Museum of Art’s Former COO Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $600,000 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/high-museum-art-former-coo-guilty-embezzling-1234791968/ A Convicted Antiquities Dealer’s Web https://hyperallergic.com/a-convicted-antiquities-dealers-web/ Where Is Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara? https://hyperallergic.com/where-is-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara/ Louvre Jewel Heist Suspects Claim ‘Mysterious Sponsor’ Recruited Them https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-jewel-heist-suspects-claim-sponsor-recruited-them-1234791929/ Should We See Peter Hujar’s Contact Sheets? https://hyperallergic.com/should-we-see-peter-hujars-contact-sheets/ EU Commission Recommends Cancelation of Venice Biennale Grant over Russian Pavilion https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/eu-commission-cancelation-venice-biennale-grant-russia-1234791923/

Midwest Rising: Five Artists to Watch

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Meet 5 Midwestern Artists From the Artnet Gallery Network https://news.artnet.com/art-world/midwestern-artists-gallery-network-2785585

Auction Whiplash and Museum Power Plays

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Results at the Big Three Auction Houses Tell Two Different Stories https://news.artnet.com/market/mid-year-review-auctions-2787320 Magritte, Constable, Trump's Smithsonian Wrath https://hyperallergic.com/magritte-constable-trumps-smithsonian-wrath/

Repatriation Shockwaves and Museum Ethics on Trial

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Bayeux Tapestry arrives at the British Museum in London after secret English Channel crossing https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-at-the-british-museum-after-secret-english-channel-crossing Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art announces plans for Thailand outpost https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/tasmanias-museum-of-old-and-new-art-announces-plans-for-thailand-outpost Exhibition in Bogotá shows off more than 1,000 repatriated pre-Columbian artefacts https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/exhibition-in-bogota-shows-off-more-than-1000-repatriated-pre-columbian-artefacts Gelman Collection controversy reaches Mexican courts https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/could-mexicos-treasured-kahlo-works-leave-the-country-forever Unesco reviewing controversial ‘black cube’ project in Florence amid outrage https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/unesco-reviewing-controversial-black-cube-project-in-florence-amid-outrage Artists and Former Staffers Accuse Cape Town Gallery SMAC of Nonpayment and Withholding Artworks https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-staffers-accuse-cape-town-gallery-smac-nonpayment-1234791540/ Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures? https://hyperallergic.com/why-do-so-many-museums-hold-a-convicted-antiquity-dealers-treasures/ US Returns Two Looted Bronze Buddha Statues, Sold by Disgraced Antiquities Dealer Douglas Latchford, to Indonesia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/us-returns-indonesia-looted-bronze-buddha-statues-douglas-latchford-1234791873/ ICOM Adopts New Museum Code of Ethics Taking Aim at AI, Colonialism, and Climate Change https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/icom-new-museum-code-of-ethics-ai-colonialism-climate-change-1234791845/ Which Artworks Will Grace the High Line’s Plinth Next? https://hyperallergic.com/which-artworks-will-grace-the-high-lines-plinth-next/

Restitution Shockwaves and AI’s Hollywood Heist

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. New York Investigators Return 59 Looted Antiquities to Italy, Iraq, and Indonesia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-returns-59-antiquities-to-italy-iraq-indonesia-1234791699/ Midjourney strikes back: sued AI giant demands Hollywood’s secrets https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/midjourney-demands-hollywood-AI-secrets Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Slams White House Report As ‘Not a Fair Characterization’ of Museum’s Scholarship https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-secretary-lonnie-bunch-white-house-report-july-4-1234791701/ Edi Rama, Artist and Albanian Prime Minister, Defends Controversial Kanye West Concert Near Tirana https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/edi-rama-defends-kanye-west-concert-tirana-1234791728/ Venice Arts Workers to Protest During US Ambassador’s Visit https://hyperallergic.com/venice-arts-workers-to-protest-during-us-ambassadors-visit/ Hauser & Wirth Cleared by UK Judge of Breaching Russia Sanctions with Sale of a George Condo Artwork https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hauser-wirth-cleared-breaching-russia-sanctions-condo-1234791702/ Chicago Photographer Accuses Mickalene Thomas of Copyright Infringement https://hyperallergic.com/chicago-photographer-accuses-mickalene-thomas-of-copyright-infringement/ Los Angeles's Post-Fair will expand to Paris during Art Basel week https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/los-angeless-post-fair-will-expand-to-paris-during-art-basel-week Icom adopts new code of ethics for museums in bid to address a ‘rapidly changing world’ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/icom-adopts-new-code-of-ethics-for-museums-in-bid-to-address-a-rapidly-changing-world Flamenco, fashion and freedom: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/riots-resistance-and-the-birth-of-a-new-country-three-photography-shows-to-see-at-les-rencontres-darles