Museums Under Fire, Identities in Flux

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Museum Rietberg’s A Kind of Paradise: Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art is Balm for the Scars of European Conquest https://www.artnews.com/art-news/sponsored-content/museum-rietberg-paradise-colonial-photography-contemporary-1234785044/ Artists create Fifa World Cup posters denouncing presence of US immigration agents https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/09/artists-world-cup-protest-posters-anti-ice Three Men Convicted in High-Profile Dutch Museum Heist of Ancient Romanian Gold https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/three-men-convicted-museum-heist-ancient-romanian-gold-1234788616/ My Queasy, Forest-Scented Stroll Through LA’s New AI Art Museum https://hyperallergic.com/my-queasy-forest-scented-stroll-through-las-new-ai-art-museum/ Here is the Artist List for the 16th Gwangju Biennial https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/16th-gwangju-biennial-artist-list-matthew-barney-tehching-hsieh-nina-canell-1234788663/ SAIC Puts Professor on Leave After Palestine Reference https://hyperallergic.com/saic-puts-professor-on-leave-after-palestine-reference/ How the Pace Layoffs Went Down—And What Comes Next https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/how-the-pace-layoffs-went-down-1234788685/ MoMA to Present the First Survey of Piet Mondrian’s New York Paintings https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/first-survey-of-piet-mondrian-s-new-york-paintings-moma-1234788642/ Templon Gallery Closes New York Outpost, Tone Hansen to Lead Moderna Museet: Morning Links for June 9, 2026 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/templon-gallery-closes-new-york-outpost-tone-hansen-to-lead-moderna-museet-morning-links-for-june-9-2026-1234788592/ Nayland Blake Doesn’t Believe in Fixed Selves https://hyperallergic.com/nayland-blake-doesnt-believe-in-fixed-selves/