Museums Under Fire, Galleries on the Brink

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Former director of Rio’s Museu de Arte Moderna ordered to pay breach-of-contract fine https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/museu-arte-moderna-rio-fabio-szwarcwald-fine-breach-contract Dépendance, Maverick Brussels Gallery, Calls It Quits https://news.artnet.com/market/dependance-brussels-gallery-closes-2780171 The Trade in Looted Antiquities Endures for One Reason: Demand https://news.artnet.com/art-world/matt-campbell-cambodia-looted-antiquities-2779870 International organisations and Lebanese culture ministry issue warnings amid Israeli capture of Beaufort Castle and strikes on Tyre https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/international-organisations-and-lebanese-ministry-of-culture-issue-warnings-amidst-israeli-capture-of-beaufort-castle Gaudí goes viral: TikTok partners with Sagrada Familia to livestream inauguration of finished tower https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/10/gaudi-goes-viral-tiktok-partners-with-sagrada-familia-to-livestream-content-of-finished-tower Largest-Ever Arthur Jafa Survey Coming to New Museum https://hyperallergic.com/largest-ever-arthur-jafa-survey-coming-to-new-museum/ Who Asked for an AI Art Museum? https://hyperallergic.com/who-asked-for-an-ai-art-museum/ Guggenheim Museum to Livestream Select World Cup Matches, Screen Art Film on Legendary Football Star Zinédine Zidane https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guggenheim-museum-world-cup-matches-livestream-zidane-screening-1234788706/ Pace Plans to Give Up 8,600-Square-Foot London Gallery as It Continues to Cut Costs https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/pace-london-gallery-hanover-square-rent-1234788699/ Valentine Willie, Visionary Advocate of Southeast Asian Contemporary Art, Dies at 71 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/valentine-willie-visionary-advocate-southeast-asian-contemporary-art-dead-71-1234788721/