Restitution Shockwaves and Museums Under Pressure

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. $25 Million Modigliani Goes to Jewish Heir in Landmark Restitution Case https://news.artnet.com/art-world/judge-orders-david-nahmad-modigliani-restitution-2762342 Did the US Holocaust Memorial Museum self-censor to preempt Trump’s wrath? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/07/did-the-us-holocaust-memorial-museum-self-censor-to-preempt-trumps-wrath London’s National Gallery announces architects for new £350m wing https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/07/london-national-gallery-announces-architects-new-wing Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto sends message of 'preventive peace' on digital billboards around the world https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/07/artist-michelangelo-pistoletto-sends-message-of-preventive-peace-on-digital-billboards-around-the-world A Duchamp Retrospective at MoMA Presents an Artist Who Challenged the Very Definition of Art https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/marcel-duchamp-who-was-why-so-important-1234780107/ Inside the Fight to Keep a Trove of Frida Kahlo Works from Leaving Mexico https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frida-kahlo-gelman-collection-2762519 Sale of Robert Rauschenberg’s Captiva Compound to Developers Ignites Backlash https://news.artnet.com/art-world/robert-rauschenbergs-foundation-captiva-sale-2762430 Counterpublic Triennial Names 47 Artists and Collectives for Upcoming Third Edition, Including Glenn Ligon, Rebecca Belmore, Rirkrit Tiravanija https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/counterpublic-triennial-third-edition-artist-list-1234780319/ New York Gallery The Hole Sued Over Back Rent, Accused of Not Paying Artists and Workers https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gallery-the-hole-sued-back-rent-accused-not-paying-artists-1234780376/ Seoul’s Centre Pompidou, Three Years in the Making, Will Open in June https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/centre-pompidou-seoul-june-2026-opening-1234780389/