Daily Art Download — 2026-01-28

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. Tarek Atoui—known for his innovative musical performances—will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/27/lebanese-artist-tarek-atoui-known-for-his-innovative-musical-performances-will-take-over-tate-moderns-turbine-hall-this-autumn Guggenheim Museum Reveals 2025 Acquisitions, Including Paintings by Salman Toor, Ambera Wellmann https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/guggenheim-museum-2025-acquisitions-1234771115/ London’s Courtauld to open two new contemporary art galleries after £10m gift https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/27/london-courtauld-two-new-contemporary-art-galleries-10-million-pound-gift Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Art Gallery of Ontario’s Halted Acquisition https://hyperallergic.com/nan-goldin-speaks-out-on-censorship-at-art-gallery-of-ontario/ Studio Museum in Harlem to Close for More Than a Week After ‘Sprinkler Emergency’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/studio-museum-in-harlem-to-close-for-more-than-a-week-after-sprinkler-emergency-1234771150/ Sound Artist Tarek Atoui Selected for Next Turbine Hall Commission at Tate Modern https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tarek-atoui-turbine-hall-commission-tate-modern-1234771159/ Gabrielle Goliath Strikes a Tuning Fork of Dissent https://hyperallergic.com/gabrielle-goliath-strikes-a-tuning-fork-of-dissent/ Ai Weiwei Returns to China for the First Time Since 2015 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-weiwei-returns-china-first-time-decade-1234771147/ Renowned Composer Philip Glass Withdraws Symphony from the Kennedy Center https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/composer-philip-glass-withdraws-symphony-kennedy-center-1234771138/ London’s Courtauld Will Build New Contemporary Art Galleries with $13.8 M. Blavatnik Gift https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/london-courtauld-new-contemporary-art-galleries-blavatnik-1234771100/