Repatriation Shockwaves and Museum Ethics on Trial

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Bayeux Tapestry arrives at the British Museum in London after secret English Channel crossing https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-at-the-british-museum-after-secret-english-channel-crossing Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art announces plans for Thailand outpost https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/tasmanias-museum-of-old-and-new-art-announces-plans-for-thailand-outpost Exhibition in Bogotá shows off more than 1,000 repatriated pre-Columbian artefacts https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/exhibition-in-bogota-shows-off-more-than-1000-repatriated-pre-columbian-artefacts Gelman Collection controversy reaches Mexican courts https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/could-mexicos-treasured-kahlo-works-leave-the-country-forever Unesco reviewing controversial ‘black cube’ project in Florence amid outrage https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/10/unesco-reviewing-controversial-black-cube-project-in-florence-amid-outrage Artists and Former Staffers Accuse Cape Town Gallery SMAC of Nonpayment and Withholding Artworks https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-staffers-accuse-cape-town-gallery-smac-nonpayment-1234791540/ Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures? https://hyperallergic.com/why-do-so-many-museums-hold-a-convicted-antiquity-dealers-treasures/ US Returns Two Looted Bronze Buddha Statues, Sold by Disgraced Antiquities Dealer Douglas Latchford, to Indonesia https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/us-returns-indonesia-looted-bronze-buddha-statues-douglas-latchford-1234791873/ ICOM Adopts New Museum Code of Ethics Taking Aim at AI, Colonialism, and Climate Change https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/icom-new-museum-code-of-ethics-ai-colonialism-climate-change-1234791845/ Which Artworks Will Grace the High Line’s Plinth Next? https://hyperallergic.com/which-artworks-will-grace-the-high-lines-plinth-next/