Museum Power Shifts and Restitution Reckonings

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.com/2026/04/09/londons-va-launches-webpage-exploring-provenance-of-its-objects Readymades, replicas, reiterations: MoMA show explores Marcel Duchamp the inventor https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/readymades-replicas-reiterations-marcel-duchamp-the-inventor The Philosopher Who Predicted Our Post-Literate Art Moment https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/vilem-flusser-martha-schwendener-book-2760209 Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center has art at its core https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/obama-presidential-center-artist-commissions-expo-chicago Greece introduces new law to tackle art forgery https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/greece-introduces-new-law-to-tackle-art-forgery-and-damage Proposed Restitution Law in France Advances in National Assembly https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/restitution-law-france-advances-1234780729/ LA’s Getty Center to Close for Renovations Beginning in 2027 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/getty-center-year-long-closure-1234780777/ Works from Marian Goodman’s Collection to Anchor Christie’s May Sales https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/marian-goodman-collection-christies-may-sale-richter-1234780701/ Jasper Johns Marks Time https://hyperallergic.com/jasper-johns-marks-time/