Biennale Visions, Museum Power Plays

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. New leaders of France's Louvre and Orsay museums announced https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/25/new-leaders-of-frances-louvre-and-orsay-museums-announced 111 Artists Announced for the Venice Biennale https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-venice-biennale-list-2748473 A selective history of the moving image comes to downtown Los Angeles https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/25/julia-stoschek-foundation-los-angeles-exhibition Venice Biennale curatorial team reveal how they are bringing the late Koyo Kouoh's vision to life https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/25/venice-biennale-curatorial-team-reveal-how-they-are-bringing-the-late-koyo-kouohs-vision-to-life Ukraine Adopts New Resolution on Evacuating Museum Objects From Conflict Zones https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukraine-adopts-new-resolution-on-evacuating-museum-objects-from-conflict-zones-1234774548/ Is it finally time for the Guerrilla Girls to remove their masks? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/25/is-it-finally-time-for-the-guerrilla-girls-to-remove-their-masks Volunteer Group Documents Smithsonian Wall Text as Trump Administration Presses Cultural Review https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-wall-text-citizen-historians-trump-review-1234774613/ High Museum COO Resigns After Alleged $600,000 Misappropriation, Case Referred to Federal Prosecutors https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/high-museum-coo-resigns-600k-misappropriation-probe-1234774573/ Éliane Radigue, Composer of Epochal Electronic Sounds, Dies at 94 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/eliane-radigue-dead-electronic-music-1234774581/ “By Design” Treats Women Like Objects https://hyperallergic.com/by-design-treats-women-like-objects/