Legends, Lawsuits, and the Price of Art

Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news. How Frida Kahlo’s Mythic Life Became Artistic Legend https://news.artnet.com/art-world/frida-kahlo-making-of-an-icon-2736648 Is most art now just too expensive for most people? https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/11/is-most-art-now-just-too-expensive-for-most-people Nifty Gateway has shut down, but NFTs are not dead—they are evolving https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/11/nifty-gateway-shut-down-nft-marketplace-evolving E.U. Threatens to Pull Venice Biennale Funding Over Russia Pavilion’s Return https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-russia-pavilion-eu-funding-2752812 Merging Craft Practices and New Media at the Museum of Craft and Design https://hyperallergic.com/merging-craft-practices-and-new-media-at-the-museum-of-craft-and-design/ Final sentencing in Norval Morrisseau forgery scandal derailed by new allegations https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/11/norval-morrisseau-forgery-ring-final-sentencing-derailed-allegations Caravaggio portrait of influential patron—and future Pope Urban VIII—purchased by Italy for €30m https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/11/caravaggio-portrait-influential-patronand-future-pope-urban-viii-purchased-by-italy Text Messages Reveal How University of Texas Leaders Axed an Anti-ICE Show https://hyperallergic.com/text-messages-reveal-how-university-of-texas-leaders-axed-an-anti-ice-show/ Beeple’s Pooping Robot “Dogs” Are Heading to Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/beeple-robot-dogs-neue-nationalgalerie-berlin-1234777052/ Art Basel Qatar's Complicity https://hyperallergic.com/art-basel-qatars-complicity/