Strikes, Restitution, and AI Unlocking the Past

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Workers at the Guggenheim in New York vote to authorise a strike https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/30/guggenheim-museum-workers-new-york-vote-authorise-strike Hew Locke, Oscar Murillo Tapped for Skulptur Projekte Münster 2027 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/skulptur-projekte-munster-artists-2027-2784959 Switzerland Returns 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria https://news.artnet.com/art-world/switzerland-returned-benin-bronzes-restitution-2785078 Artistic Director for 2028 Gwangju Biennale Will Be Selected Via Open-Call in Break from Tradition https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gwangju-biennale-artistic-director-open-call-1234790814/ Russia’s Hermitage Museum Suspends Archaeological Expeditions in Crimea, Citing Fuel Shortage https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hermitage-museum-suspends-archaeological-expeditions-crimea-1234790797/ Rune Mields, Self-Taught German Conceptual Artist, Dies at 91 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rune-mields-conceptual-artist-dead-1234790852/ Philip Guston’s Lines of Poetry https://hyperallergic.com/philip-gustons-lines-of-poetry/ Christie’s Old Masters Sale in London Totals $48.7 M. as Collectors Chase Standout Pictures https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-old-masters-evening-sale-june-2026-results-1234790894/ Researchers Utilize AI to Translate 2,000-Year-Old Carbonized Scrolls from Herculaneum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/researchers-ai-translate-2000-year-old-carbonized-scrolls-herculaneum-1234790862/ IM Youngzoo’s ‘The Late’ Blends a 1,254-Page Research Book and a 7-Channel Video Into a Meditation on Belief and Technology https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/im-youngzoo-the-late-review-space-zeroone-brooklyn-1234790848/