Biennial Blowups and the Politics of Memory

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. The Tensions Seething Beneath the Surface of the 2026 Whitney Biennial https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitney-biennial-2026-trends-2754215 178 Venice Biennale Participants Demand Israel Be Barred From Exhibition https://news.artnet.com/art-world/open-letter-israel-venice-biennale-2754460 MCA Chicago Director Madeleine Grynsztejn to Depart After 18 Years https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mca-chicago-director-madeleine-grynsztejn-departs-1234777519/ US congress passes revamped Holocaust recovery bill that sidesteps many legal defences https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/17/us-congress-passes-hear-act-2026-holocaust-era-art-recovery-nazi-loot DePaul Art Museum Advisory Board Calls on University to Save the Institution, Expressing ‘Anger, Frustration, and Deep Sadness’ Over Abrupt Closure https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/depaul-art-museum-advisory-board-letter-save-institution-1234777628/ The Canonization of Frida Kahlo https://hyperallergic.com/the-canonization-of-frida-kahlo/ When a Palestinian Artist Asserts Her Own Humanity https://hyperallergic.com/when-a-palestinian-artist-asserts-her-own-humanity/ Court Decision Ends Dispute Over Who Actually Bought Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days for $69.3 M. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/beeple-everydays-nft-lawsuit-decision-1234777672/ Egidio Marzona, Collector Who Built a Monument to the Avant-Garde, Dies at 81 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egidio-marzona-dead-avant-garde-collector-archive-1234777644/ Trevor Paglen Wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award for Art and Technology https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trevor-paglen-wins-lg-guggenheim-award-1234777569/