Daily Art Download — 2026-01-27

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Pioneering NFT Platform Nifty Gateway Shutters Amid Market Collapse https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nifty-gateway-closed-down-2740267 Ai Weiwei Returns to China After a Decade in Exile https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-weiwei-returns-to-china-10-years-2740171 Renowned gallerist Marian Goodman has died, aged 97 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/26/renowned-gallerist-marian-goodman-has-died-aged-97 Louvre Closes Again as Union Negotiations Drag On https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-closes-again-union-negotiations-1234770949/ Art Gallery of Ontario Trustee Reportedly Led Push Against Acquiring Nan Goldin Work https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-gallery-of-ontario-trustee-nan-goldin-work-israel-gaza-1234770937/ AI-Generated Image Misattributed to Egon Schiele Provokes Outrage https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-generated-egon-schiele-twitter-1234770994/ Jaume Plensa Sculpture Collapses Outside University of Notre Dame Museum https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jaume-plensa-sculpture-university-of-notre-dame-museum-1234771036/ Persistent low attendance and funding cuts are forcing US museums to think local https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/26/how-low-attendance-and-funding-cuts-forcing-united-states-museums-adapt Artists Urge Jewish Museum to Save Federal ‘Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art’ from Demolition in Open Letter https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artists-circulate-letter-urging-jewish-museum-save-murals-guston-shahn-fogel-demolition-1234770975/ Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot Meet as Equals https://hyperallergic.com/edouard-manet-and-berthe-morisot-meet-as-equals/