Restitution Wins, Biennale Battles, and Art World Fallout

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. France’s new restitution law passes final vote https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/14/frances-new-restitution-law-passes-final-vote FKA Twigs and Brian Eno among artists included in the Vatican's sound-based 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/14/fka-twigs-and-brian-eno-among-artists-included-in-the-vaticans-sound-based-2026-venice-biennale-pavilion Former High Museum COO Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Theft Charges https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/high-museum-coo-pleads-not-guilty-federal-theft-charges-1234781188/ Beloved CUNY Social Practice Art Program to Shut Down https://hyperallergic.com/beloved-cuny-social-practice-art-program-to-shut-down/ Mexican Artist Alleges Plagiarism of Femicide Project https://hyperallergic.com/mexican-artist-alleges-plagiarism-of-femicide-project/ 40 Years Later, Houston's FotoFest Keeps Its Edge https://hyperallergic.com/40-years-later-houstons-fotofest-keeps-its-edge/ These Are the Winners of the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship https://hyperallergic.com/these-are-the-winners-of-the-2026-guggenheim-fellowship/ Hampshire College, Whose Alumni List Includes Many Well-Known Artists, to Close After 51 Years https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hampshire-college-closes-artist-alumni-1234781190/ Artists Criticize Somalia’s First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion: ‘This Pavilion Does Not Speak for Us’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/venice-biennale-somali-pavilion-controversy-1234781181/ Ai Weiwei on Censorship https://hyperallergic.com/ai-weiwei-on-censorship/