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/

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Swiss Institute Buys Space by New Museum, Plans Bowery Move

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/swiss-institute-bowery-move-new-york-2784593

UK government leaving museums vulnerable with ‘hands-off approach’, parliamentary report says

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/29/what-does-the-latest-parliamentary-report-on-financial-resilience-in-uk-government-sponsored-museums-reveal

Entire Herculaneum Scroll Deciphered by A.I. for the First Time

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/herculaneum-scroll-translated-unraveled-vesuvius-challenge-2784765

Three Swiss Museums Return Trove of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/swiss-museums-return-benin-bronzes-nigeria-1234790609/

Refik Anadol to Stage Monumental AI Installation on Smithsonian Castle in DC

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/refik-anadol-ai-smithsonian-castle-washington-dc-1234790733/

Texas Tattoo Artist Gets 30-Year Sentence Over “Anti-Trump” Zines

https://hyperallergic.com/texas-tattoo-artist-gets-30-year-sentence-over-anti-trump-zines/

Heir of German Jewish Collector Seeks Return of Van Gogh Painting from Musée d’Orsay

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/heir-german-jewish-collector-van-gogh-painting-musee-dorsay-1234790703/

Man Pleads Guilty in Fraud That Swindled Bruce Springsteen Manager

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thomas-doyle-pleads-guilty-courbet-art-fraud-jon-landau-1234790603/

The Met and the Art Smuggler

https://hyperallergic.com/the-met-and-the-art-smuggler/

The Artists Countermapping the World

https://hyperallergic.com/the-artists-countermapping-the-world/

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.

5 Queer Artists From the Artnet Gallery Network to Celebrate This Pride Month

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artnet-gallery-network-june-pride-2779732

What Is the Raphael Loggia, the Vatican Masterpiece Being Restored After 500 Years?

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/raphael-loggia-vatican-palace-restoration-2784105

Pace, William Kentridge, “AlgaeBTQ+”

https://hyperallergic.com/pace-william-kentridge-algaebtq/

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Comment | Art Basel’s Zero 10 grows up and outgrows the digital community that led to its inception

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/26/art-basel-zero-ten-swiss-edition-expansive-view-digital-art

Too hot to handle? European heatwave exposes museums' lack of preparedness for climate extremes

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/26/too-hot-to-handle-european-heatwave-exposes-museums-lack-of-preparedness-for-climate-extremes

Canadian Museum for Human Rights show on Palestinian displacement offers nuanced, empathetic perspective amid uproar

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/26/canadian-museum-human-rights-palestine-uprooted-exhibition-preview

Nari Ward Tackles the Immigrant Experience at Deste Foundation’s Hydra Fete

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/summer-dispatch-1-hydra-2784224

Vatican Museums Launch Major Restoration of Raphael’s Famous Frescoes

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vatican-museums-raphael-frescoes-restoration-1234790506/

Committee Urges Irish Government to Establish New Laws and Policies Related to Restitution

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/committee-urges-irish-government-establish-new-laws-policies-restitution-repatriation-cultural-objects-1234790490/

A Mystery Seller Will Offer $60 M. in Art and Design at Sotheby’s, Including Works by Canaletto, Degas, Guardi, Fragonard, and Picasso

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/sothebys-magnum-opus-auction-mystery-seller-degas-picasso-1234790321/

Misan Harriman to Step Down From Southbank Centre

https://hyperallergic.com/misan-harriman-to-step-down-from-southbank-centre/

US State Department Seeks Designs ‘Exemplifying America’s Exceptionalism’ for Venice Architecture Biennale

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/americas-exceptionalism-at-the-2027-venice-architecture-biennale-1234790489/

William Kentridge and Lapis Blue

https://hyperallergic.com/william-kentridge-and-lapis-blue/

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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/

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$392.6 M. Lewis Collection Sale Smashes Records at Sotheby’s, Led by $63.9 M. Modigliani

https://news.artnet.com/market/392-6-m-lewis-collection-sale-smashes-records-led-by-63-9-m-modigliani-2783495

Crystal Bridges, fresh off major expansion, hires Courtenay Finn as next chief curator

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/24/crystal-bridges-hires-courtenay-finn-chief-curator

Meta and YouTube’s recent losses in youth social media addiction cases may put artists and activists at risk

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/24/meta-youtube-legal-losses-put-artists-activists-risk

Helen Cammock removes film criticising Winston Churchill from London's National Portrait Gallery following complaint

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/24/helen-cammock-video-work-criticising-winston-churchill-removed-from-national-portrait-gallery

Picasso painting recovered in French drug raid was stolen ‘opportunistically’, police source says

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/24/picasso-painting-recovered-in-french-drug-raid-was-stolen-opportunistically-say-police-source

Since the 1960s, Marilou Schultz Has Merged Diné Weaving and Digital Worlds

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/marilou-schultz-candice-hopkins-hessel-museum-dine-weaving-1234790145/

Pratt Manhattan Gallery Moves “Beyond Digital” in New Exhibition

https://hyperallergic.com/pratt-manhattan-gallery-moves-beyond-digital-in-new-exhibition/

In Open Letter, Hundreds of Artists Urge Mayor Mamdani for Two-Year Ban on AI in Classrooms

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/letter-artists-zohran-mamdani-two-year-ban-ai-classrooms-1234790115/

Australian Artist Accused of Copying Work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nicholas Harding

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jane-allan-copying-claims-jean-michel-basquiat-nicholas-harding-1234790157/

Inside the Mind of an Antiquities Looter

https://hyperallergic.com/inside-the-mind-of-an-antiquities-looter/

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Smithsonian women’s museum launches augmented reality experience after congressional setback

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/23/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum-augmented-reality-project

Fate of historic murals uncertain following Manhattan homeless shelter’s closure

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/23/bellevue-homeless-shelter-manhattan-wpa-murals-preservation-uncertain

The Netherlands and Germany agree to return more than 2,000 cultural artefacts to Ghana

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/23/the-netherlands-and-germany-to-return-more-than-2000-cultural-artefacts-to-ghana

New Museum and Korea’s Ulsan Art Museum Inaugurate Partnership with Ho Tzu Nyen Commission

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-museum-ulsan-art-museum-partnership-ho-tzu-nyen-commission-1234790042/

R.M.S. Titanic’s Plan to Sell Salvaged Artifacts at Auction Faces Ongoing Opposition

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rms-titanic-sell-salvaged-artifacts-auction-ongoing-opposition-1234790045/

Artists Facing Censorship Can Turn to This New Guideline for Guidance

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-facing-censorshipturn-to-this-for-guidance-1234790040/

Pace Gallery’s Hall of Mirrors

https://hyperallergic.com/pace-gallerys-hall-of-mirrors/

Who Will Fight for Artists' Rights in Congress?

https://hyperallergic.com/who-will-fight-for-artists-rights-in-congress/

Hundreds of Artists Ask NYC Mayor to Ban AI in Schools

https://hyperallergic.com/hundreds-of-artists-ask-nyc-mayor-to-ban-ai-in-schools/

Paris Drug Bust Recovers Stolen $17 M. Picasso Canvas

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/paris-drug-bust-recovers-stolen-picasso-1234790016/

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$627 Million London Museum Gets Opening Date—and More Art Industry News

https://news.artnet.com/market/627-million-london-museum-gets-opening-date-and-more-art-industry-news-2782733

What Sold at Art Basel

https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/what-sold-at-art-basel-2782712

‘Artists need to be able to advocate for their own work’: new guide advises artists on navigating censorship

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/22/national-coalition-against-censorship-free-guide-for-artists

Tate Modern’s Frida Kahlo Exhibition Has Already Sold a Record 41,000 Advance Tickets

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tate-modern-frida-kahlo-record-advance-tickets-1234789885/

Stolen Picasso Turns Up During Paris Drug Bust

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stolen-picasso-found-paris-drug-raid-2782725

Marc Spiegler Got It All Wrong

https://hyperallergic.com/marc-spiegler-got-it-all-wrong/

vanessa german’s Shrine to Forgotten Black Girls

https://hyperallergic.com/vanessa-germans-shrine-to-forgotten-black-girls/

Israeli Artist Yaacov Agam, Known for His Optical and Kinetic Artworks, Has Died at 98

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/israeli-kinetic-optical-artist-yaacov-agam-dies-1234789922/

The Netherlands and Germany Agree to Return 2,000 Artifacts to Ghana

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/netherlands-germany-return-2000-artifacts-ghana-1234789956/

In a New Documentary, Artists Get Candid About AI

https://hyperallergic.com/in-a-new-documentary-artists-get-candid-about-ai/

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A multi-millionaire on a mission: David Walsh expands his Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/21/a-multi-millionaire-on-a-mission-david-walsh-expands-his-museum-of-old-and-new-art

What Sold at Art Basel

https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/what-sold-at-art-basel-2782712

A decade on: Brexit's impact on the UK art market

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/21/a-decade-on-brexits-impact-on-the-uk-art-market

Daniel ‘Danny’ Simmons, Artist, Author, and Philanthropist, Has Died at 72

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/daniel-danny-simmons-artist-author-philanthropist-dead-72-1234789875/