Restitution Reckonings and a Heat-Strained Art World

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Sotheby's auction of Joe Lewis collection breaks record for most expensive sold in UK https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/in-a-boost-for-london-sothebys-evening-sale-of-joe-lewis-collection-becomes-most-expensive-sold-in-uk How to Make a Sculpture With Sound https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/tarek-atoui-2781914 Ireland urged to create national panel to evaluate claims for Nazi-era and colonial loot https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/ireland-urged-to-create-national-panel-to-evaluate-claims-for-nazi-era-and-colonial-loot Far-right candidate's election in Colombia clouds future of long-delayed museum devoted to victims of armed conflict https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/presidential-election-bogota-museo-de-memoria-colombia Manifesta 2026 asks what should happen to Germany’s unused churches https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/manifesta-16-ruhr-asks-what-should-happen-to-germanys-unused-churches Paris Museums and Tourist Sites Continue to Limit Hours Amid Record-Breaking Heatwave https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museums-tourist-sites-paris-limit-hours-record-breaking-heatwave-1234790289/ Misan Harriman to step down as chair of London's Southbank Centre https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/25/misan-harriman-to-step-down-as-chair-of-londons-southbank-centre British Artist Tess Jaray, Known for Her Hard-Edge Abstractions, Has Died at 88 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tess-jaray-british-hard-edge-abstract-painter-dies-at-88-1234790353/ Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Explain Tarp Covering Kennedy Center https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/judge-trump-deadline-explain-tarp-covering-kennedy-center-1234790317/ Art Basel’s Parent Company, MCH Group, To Launch New Miami Festival in October https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-basel-mch-group-jupiter-festival-miami-october-1234790318/