New Museums, Old Wounds: Restitution and Rehangs

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Museum openings: V&A East and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Plus, William Blake in Dublin—podcast https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/museum-openings-va-east-los-angeles-county-museum-art-plus-william-blake-dublin-podcast Zurich’s controversial Bührle Collection is rehung, including five paintings by Van Gogh—plus one forgery https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/zurichs-controversial-buhrle-collection-rehung-including-five-paintings-van-gogh-one-forgery Turkey Notches Another Successful Restitution After Denver Art Museum Returns 1500-Year-Old Marble Head https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/turkey-notches-another-successful-restitution-after-denver-art-museum-returns-1500-year-old-marble-head-1234781710/ Lebanon appeals to Unesco to intervene amid fears protected citadel has been destroyed https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/lebanon-appeals-to-unesco-to-intervene-amid-fears-protected-citadel-has-been-destroyed The Big Review: Rothko in Florence ★★★★★ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/17/the-big-review-rothko-in-florence Catalan Museum Has Yet to Follow Through on Court Order to Return Contested Murals to Aragon Monastery https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/catalan-museum-hasnt-returned-contested-murals-aragon-monastery-1234781729/ Edmonia Lewis Was the Earliest Known Black Artist to Depict Emancipation. This Is Her First Retrospective. https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/edmonia-lewis-peabody-essex-georgia-museum-of-art-north-carolina-museum-of-art-1234781689/ Finland Pulls Back Venice Biennale Presence Over Return of Russian Pavilion https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/finland-venice-biennale-russia-pavilion-boycott-1234781822/ Tania El Khoury’s Soothing “Revenge Art” https://hyperallergic.com/tania-el-khourys-soothing-revenge-art/ The Triumphant New LACMA Has the Potential to Rewrite Art History https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/lacma-david-geffen-galleries-review-1234781676/