Museum Power Shifts and Art Crime Crackdowns

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-close-for-a-year-beginning-march-2027 Spanish culture ministry denies loan of Picasso's Guernica to Bilbao https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/10/spanish-culture-ministry-denies-loan-picassos-guernica-bilbao Institute of Museum and Library Services Saved from Defunding After Legal Challenge https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/institute-of-museum-and-library-services-saved-from-defunding-after-legal-challenge-1234780943/ The Long Legal Saga Between Artist Ryder Ripps and the Bored Ape Yacht Club Is Finally Over https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artist-ryder-ripps-bored-ape-yacht-club-legal-battle-over-1234780915/ Obama Presidential Center Announces Final Cohort of Commissions Ahead of June Opening, Including María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Jeffrey Gibson, Lorna Simpson https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/obama-presidential-center-final-artist-commissions-1234780957/ Trump Unveils Latest Plans for Proposed 250-Foot Tall Triumphal Arch https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-unveils-latest-plans-for-proposed-250-foot-tall-triumphal-arch-1234780939/ Ukraine Sanctions Russian Culture Figures Linked to Country’s Participation in Venice Biennale https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukraine-sanctions-russian-culture-figures-venice-biennale-1234780925/ A Dutch museum has just put its fake Van Gogh on show https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/10/dutch-museum-fake-van-gogh-on-show Greece Creates New Art Crime Unit to Combat Forgery and Trafficking https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greece-art-crime-2763957