Restitution Tangles, Warped Art Routes, Museum Reboots

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Drum and trumpet with human skulls attached complicate plan for restitution from Los Angeles to Ghana https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/20/drum-and-trumpet-with-human-skulls-attached-complicate-plan-for-restitution-from-los-angeles-to-ghana V&A East Launches With a Fresh Lens on a 2.8 Million-Object Collection https://news.artnet.com/art-world/va-east-opening-2766616 Diego Rivera’s grandson donates more than 150,000 objects to Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/20/diego-rivera-museo-anahuacalli-donation-grandson-150000-objects US-Israel war on Iran disrupts art transport routes as prices surge https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/20/us-israel-war-on-iran-disrupts-art-transport-routes-as-prices-surge Agnes Gryczkowska Discusses Curating Marina Abramović’s New Berlin Mega Show https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marina-abramovic-berlin-exhibition-curator-agnes-gryczkowska-1234781412/ Genesis P-Orridge’s Subversive Mail Art Goes on View https://hyperallergic.com/genesis-p-orridges-subversive-mail-art-goes-on-view/ James Hayward, West Coast Painter with a Cult Following, Dies at 82 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/james-hayward-painter-dead-1234781960/ Mexico to Divert Train Route After Cave Art Discovery https://hyperallergic.com/mexico-to-divert-train-route-after-cave-art-discovery/ Alma Allen’s US Pavilion Heads to Venice Amid Questions Over Selection Process https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alma-allens-u-s-pavilion-heads-to-venice-1234781956/ Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter to Co-Headline ‘Immersive Experience’ at Art Basel https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/daft-punk-thomas-bangalter-art-basel-1234781941/