Biennales Under Fire, A.I. Rewrites the Canon

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Pussy Riot Is Challenging Russia’s Return to the Venice Biennale https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pussy-riot-venice-biennale-bid-2766832 Has A.I. Solved the Mystery of This El Greco Painting? https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artificial-intelligence-el-greco-science-advances-2766875 Lack of accountability after crush of crowds at Haiti’s Citadelle Laferrière kills 25 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/21/haiti-citadelle-laferriere-crowd-crush-stampede-25-dead Mass shooting at Mexico's Teotihuacan archaeological site leaves one dead, 13 injured https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/21/teotihuacan-site-mass-shooting Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos’s NEON to Conclude After ‘Having Fulfilled Its Mission’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/collector-dimitris-daskalopouloss-neon-to-conclude-after-having-fulfilled-its-mission-1234782219/ Diego Rivera’s Grandson Donates 150,000 Objects to Major Mexico City Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/diego-rivera-grandson-donation-museo-anahuacalli-mexico-city-1234782182/ The Iran War Is Already Tanking Luxury Sales in the Gulf—Could Art Be Next? https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/iran-war-gulf-art-market-luxury-sales-down-1234782132/ What We Loved (And Didn’t) in “Greater New York” https://hyperallergic.com/what-we-loved-and-didnt-in-greater-new-york/ Barbara Chase-Riboud Speaks Out on Declining US Biennale Pavilion https://hyperallergic.com/barbara-chase-riboud-speaks-out-on-declining-us-biennale-pavilion/ Barbara Chase-Riboud Says She Declined US Pavilion Offer Because It Was ‘Not the Moment’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/barbara-chase-riboud-declined-us-pavilion-venice-biennale-1234782052/