Restitution Shockwaves and Museums Under Pressure

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum https://news.artnet.com/art-world/yayoi-kusama-museum-ludwig-cologne-show-2758026 Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brooklyn-museum-african-art-renovation-2757816 Trevor Paglen wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/24/trevor-paglen-wins-lg-guggenheim-award Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama considering legal action after alleged police assault https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/24/ghanaian-artist-ibrahim-mahama-considering-legal-action-after-alleged-police-assault Zurich Transfers Ownership of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/zurich-transfers-ownership-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria-1234778646/ The Biggest Week of the Spring? https://hyperallergic.com/the-biggest-week-of-the-spring/ DHS Appropriates Japanese Artist’s Work in Racist X Post https://hyperallergic.com/dhs-appropriates-japanese-artists-work-in-racist-x-post/ Louvre Plans Its ‘Most Ambitious’ Painting Restoration Ever: A Refresh for Rubens’s Medici Cycle https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-restores-rubens-marie-de-medici-cycle-1234778797/ Preservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Renovation of Kennedy Center https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/preservation-societies-lawsuit-kennedy-center-trump-1234778757/ Internet Goes Wild for The Met’s Newly Acquired Mannerist Painting https://hyperallergic.com/internet-goes-wild-for-the-mets-newly-acquired-mannerist-painting/