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COMING HOME.\u00a0<\/strong>After more than a decade building a more expansive and globally minded Dia Art Foundation,\u00a0Jessica Morgan<\/strong>\u00a0is returning<\/strong>\u00a0to the institution that made her\u2014this time as its top boss. Tate announced this morning that Morgan will become the network\u2019s new director beginning January 1, 2027, succeeding Maria Balshaw, who stepped down at the end of 2025 amid mounting financial pressures. The appointment is a homecoming in the truest sense: Morgan served as a curator of international art at Tate Modern before taking the Dia helm in 2015, where she oversaw a marquee expansion in Chelsea, introduced free admission, and broadened the foundation\u2019s historically narrow canon to include artists like Sam Gilliam, Senga Nengudi, and Tehching Hsieh. She now inherits a network under strain\u2014Tate recently reported operating at a loss and saw 150 staff go on strike\u2014but one that Tate chairman Roland Rudd says will benefit from her \u201cvisionary\u201d stewardship.<\/p>\n DIAMONDS IN EXILE.<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Louvre<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Apollo Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0has reopened nine months after the infamous crown jewels heist exposed major security weaknesses at the world\u2019s most-visited museum,\u00a0Reuters<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0reported. The stolen goods totaled $102 million and have not been recovered. Visitors can once again see the gallery\u2019s lavish 17th-century interiors, but the jewels that weren\u2019t nabbed will be exhibited elsewhere in the\u00a0Paris<\/strong>\u00a0museum in a more secure location, Louvre director\u00a0Christophe Leribault\u00a0<\/strong>said. During the smash-and-grab, the thieves used a movers\u2019 lift to reach the gallery before escaping by scooter in under seven minutes. French officials described the reopening as a new beginning while pledging stronger security measures across the country\u2019s museums.<\/p>\n \n\tRecent major museum acquisitions include a rare\u00a0Wassily Kandinsky<\/strong>\u00a0titled\u00a0Improvisation 21<\/em>\u00a0heading to\u00a0Liechtenstein<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Hilti Art Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0and an\u00a0Agnes Martin<\/strong>\u00a0painting joining\u00a0Canada<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Remai Modern<\/strong>. [The Art Newspaper]<\/p>\n British sculptor\u00a0Ray Exworth<\/strong>\u00a0spent decades hiding his unique sculptures inside locked Cornish sheds, but after his death, the artist\u2019s mysterious private collection has finally been revealed. [The Guardian]<\/p>\n \n\tThe annual\u00a0\u201cSecret 7\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>fundraising auction returns on August 18, with 700 artist-designed vinyl sleeves created for tracks by artists including\u00a0John Lennon<\/strong>\u00a0up for grabs. All proceeds will support\u00a0War Child<\/strong>\u2019s humanitarian work in conflict zones including\u00a0Sudan<\/strong>,\u00a0Yemen<\/strong>, and\u00a0Ukraine<\/strong>. [FT]<\/p>\n \n\tBritish artist\u00a0Lucy Sparrow<\/strong>\u2019s first US museum exhibition has transformed a 1980s supermarket into a felt-filled wonderland, with more than 20,000 hand-stitched soft sculptures taking two years to create. [ARTnews]<\/p>\n \n\tAs\u00a0ARTnews<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s Harrison Jacobs reported Wednesday,\u00a0Christopher Nolan<\/strong>\u2019s new film,\u00a0The Odyssey<\/em>, has sparked online debate over its historical accuracy, from anachronistic armor to the wrong kind of ship, but classicists\u00a0argue the criticism misunderstands\u00a0<\/strong>Homer\u2019s epic tradition. Scholars say there was never one fixed version of the ancient world. The poem itself blended\u00a0Bronze Age\u00a0<\/strong>memories with the culture of later audiences, and every era has reimagined its heroes. Nolan\u2019s gritty, desaturated vision may not recreate\u00a0Mycenaean Greece<\/strong>\u00a0exactly, but experts argue that adapting\u00a0Homer<\/strong>\u00a0has always meant reflecting the concerns of the present. The bigger question, they say, is what this version of antiquity reveals about our own moment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/louvre-reopens-apollo-gallery-morning-links-july-22-2026-1234793139\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2265099607.jpg?w=1024″] Good Morning! Jessica Morgan has been named director of the Tate museum network. The Louvre\u2019s Apollo Gallery has reopened nine months after the infamous crown jewels heist exposed major security weaknesses. British artist Lucy Sparrow\u2019s first US museum exhibition has transformed a 1980s supermarket into a felt-filled wonderland. 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