Restitution Reckonings and Missing Masterpieces Mayhem

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Bavaria restitutes Lesser Ury painting to the heirs of a Jewish banker https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/01/bavaria-restitutes-lesser-ury-painting-heirs-of-jewish-banker New York’s Jewish Museum opens Paul Klee exhibition without its centrepiece https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/01/paul-klee-angelus-novus-missing-exhibition-jewish-museum-new-york-iran-war Experts Sound Alarm Over the Brazen Museum Heist in Italy https://news.artnet.com/art-world/magnani-rocca-foundation-heist-experts-2761113 Two Monet Paintings, Unseen for a Century, Resurface at Auction https://news.artnet.com/market/monet-paintings-unseen-for-a-century-sothebys-2760767 Sinners, Maurizio Cattelan Is Taking Confession https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maurizio-cattelan-avant-arte-confessional-2760955 In a month of war, Iran’s cultural heritage has suffered huge damage https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/01/in-just-a-few-weeks-irans-cultural-heritage-has-suffered-huge-damage China Orders Nationwide Museum Audit After Missing Masterpieces Scandal https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/china-museum-audit-nanjing-art-scandal-1234779610/ Teresinha Soares, Brazilian Artist Behind Erotic-Inflected Works That Slyly Defied Taboos, Dies at 99 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/teresinha-soares-brazilian-artist-dead-1234779626/ Could Colorado Create the Country's First Artist Corporation? https://hyperallergic.com/could-colorado-create-the-countrys-first-artist-corporation/ Kamrooz Aram Breaks Down the Grid https://hyperallergic.com/kamrooz-aram-breaks-down-the-grid/