Museum Power Shifts and Restitution Manhunts

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Jessica Morgan named new Tate director https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/jessica-morgan-named-new-tate-director French Museum Launches ‘Wanted’ Campaign to Track Down 424 Artworks Looted by Nazis https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wanted-looted-paintings-from-french-museum-wwii-era-1234793192/ Jeff Koons Beats Copyright Infringement Claims in ‘Made in Heaven’ Lawsuit https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-koons-made-in-heaven-copyright-dispute-2789631 Lisbon's Museu Calouste Gulbenkian returns to its mid-century modern roots following major renovation https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/lisbons-museu-calouste-gulbenkian-returns-to-its-mid-century-modern-roots-following-major-renovation European Union officially pulls €2m Venice Biennale funding over Russian participation https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/european-union-officially-pull-2m-venice-biennale-funding-over-russian-participation If Dealers Want to Sell an Artwork to a Museum, They May Have to Find the Buyer Themselves https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/dealers-sell-museum-find-buyer-themselves-1234789322/ After $75 M. Gift, Shuttered California College of the Arts to Become School Named for Silicon Valley Billionaire https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/california-college-of-the-arts-renaming-jensen-huang-1234793172/ Juliana Huxtable and Mark Bradford in Major Gift to the Zimmerli Art Museum https://hyperallergic.com/juliana-huxtable-and-mark-bradford-in-major-gift-to-the-zimmerli-art-museum/ You Can Love David Hockney and Still Hate His iPad Paintings https://hyperallergic.com/you-can-love-david-hockney-and-still-hate-his-ipad-paintings/ Check Out Refik Anadol’s AI-Powered Light and Sound Projection on the Smithsonian’s Iconic ‘Castle’ Building https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/check-out-refik-anadol-ai-powered-light-sound-projection-smithsonian-castle-building-1234792822/